3D Printed ‘Robohand’ Replaces Lost Fingers for Cheap

Laas now uses a relatively inexpensive, arguably unprecedented hand prosthesis custom-crafted by a 3D printer. ”It looks cool. It makes me look like Darth Vader,”

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T8 the Bio Inspired 3D Printed Spider Octopod Robot

Disney Researchers Create A Way To Make Geared Figures That Look Amazingly Life-Like

For centuries the creation of geared automata has been sort of a dark art. To design a mechanical device to move like a human or animal was a trick in itself and to build the gears and rods necessary to propel the thing was even trickier. A team of Disney researchers, however, have created a system that will let puppeteers... (Read more!)

A 3-D-Scanning Depth Sensor You Can Clip To An iPad

Wait, you might be able to print stuff in 3D from your iPad someday soon? That's pretty sweet.

Structure Sensor

3D-printing robots could enable solar arrays to self-fabricate in space

Getting large structures, such as solar or antenna arrays, into space is a tricky proposition, as they need to be able to fold up or contract to fit into a delivery vehicle, and then expand or be deployed in orbit. This constraint has traditionally limited the size and design of these structures, but a new type of fabrication technology may change... (Read more...!)

Cheaper Prosthetics Through 3D Printing

The Dextrus hand is the working prototype resulting from Joel Gibbard’s Open Hand Project, an open source hardware initiative that aims to lower the cost of robotic prosthetics dramatically. Dextrus is a fully-functional robotic hand... (Read more...!)