Soft robots made out of flexible, biocompatible materials are in high demand in industries from health care to manufacturing, ...

Industry estimates 3D-printing construction can reduce labor needs between 60% and 80% because many repetitive tasks disappear. What’s more, printing directly ...

New Harvard 3D printing technique builds twistable, bendable robotic muscles in a single print with programmed movement logic ...

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HUNTSVILLE, AL, UNITED STATES, April 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- For the first time in history, 3D construction has fulfilled its promise of saving substantial ...

In recent years, 3D printing has advanced rapidly. However, the technology has been trapped ...

In assembly lines, robots are programmed to perform a single task with high precision. Consider the example of automobile assembly, depicted in the picture above. Cars move along a conveyor belt, ...

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A research team develops 3D-printed pneumatic logic modules that control the movements of soft robots using only air pressure. These modules enable logical switching of the air flow and can thus ...

The method, described in Advanced Materials, replaces the slow, multi-step molding and casting process that traditionally defines soft robotics. Researchers have figured out how to 3D-print ...

See how an autonomous robot created a shock-absorbing shape no human ever could -- and what it means for designing safer helmets, packaging, car bumpers, and more. Inside a lab in Boston University's ...

One might say that Zachary Mannheimer is a bit of a riverboat gambler — a calculated one, though.  As founder and chairman of Greeley-based Alquist 3D, Mannheimer didn’t follow the most conventional ...