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

Harvard engineers have developed a new 3D printing technique that allows soft robots to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers managed to 3D-print a robot hand that mimics bones, ligaments, and tendons 3D printing has advanced so rapidly that ...

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 ...

Since its invention in the 1980s, 3D printing has steadily moved from research labs ...

An international team of engineers have taken 3D printing to a whole new level by designing a fleet of drones that can build structures while in flight, unlocking new approaches to construction in ...

Do you ever dream about work? The technicians at this 3D printing factory in Korea must have some weird dreams. Nightmares even, when they’re making human robot faces and hands for a living. But ...

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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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3D printing technology has come a long way throughout the years, and its vast potential in the field of robotics was even more materialized when it was recently used to develop chameleon-like robots.

Craig Pettit, president of MRB Robotics, monitors a 3D printer as it adds a layer of concrete to a future self-storage facility in Payne Springs. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer Hugo and Erica ...