Early-stage experiments at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have yielded a new class of 3D printed smart material. Magnetically-reactive and mesh-like by design, this material could lead to futu…
Watch MIT’s 3D printed walking, drug-transporting magnets
The latest findings from a team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) show magnetic, 3D printed creatures capable of rolling, crawling, creeping, folding and catching objects, …
3D printed soft robot walks through water and straight to the heart of Rutgers research
From the video showing a new 3D printable material, you would be forgiven for thinking that Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers have created life. Grabbing, dropping, brushing and walking acr…
Video: A morning jog with Boston Dynamics’ 3D printing powered Atlas robot
Clever? Creepy? Or perhaps a healthy dose of both? American robotics company Boston Dynamics has just released a video demonstrating the latest abilities of its Atlas humanoid robot. In the clip, Atla…
US Military studies invertebrates for 3D printing active materials in robots
The US Military is seeking to harness the flexibility of invertebrate creatures to produce robots that benefit from less structural rigidity than what robotics currently allows for. The results sugges…
3D printed suckerfish grip could take explorers into The Great Unknown
Since August 5th 2012 the Mars Curiosity Rover has been live tweeting its movements from the surface of the red planet to almost 4 million followers all around the world. Back on Earth and 10,994 metr…
3D printing helps creation of piano playing VR glove at Jacobs School of Engineering
A research team from the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego has used 3D printing to make a glove for a richer virtual reality (VR) experience. Powered by water, the soft robotic hands give t…
UC San Diego presents 3D printed soft-robotic legs for all-terrain robot explorer
Engineers at UC San Diego’s Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab have presented a paper demonstrating the use of 3D printing to make a robot capable of walking over uneven surfaces. Development o…
Disney files patent for a 3D printed soft robotic mascot
Disney Enterprises Inc. has filed a patent for an interactive “soft body robot” with 3D printed parts. Initial designs show a figure resembling a snowman, or the character Baymax from Disn…
Researchers in Singapore and Israel develop the “most stretchable” 3D printable material
Published in the journal of Advanced Materials on 7 February 2017, researchers from Singapore and Israel demonstrate a range of stretchy materials suitable for vat polymerisation 3D printing. Such mat…