Today in robotics news, 3D printers use material inspired by organic structures to create smoothly moving mechanisms. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany and Harvard University use tiny chambers in a material inspired by plant cells to expand and move. Talem Technologies has been given a $70,000 grant by Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy toward their exoskeletal arm technology, which could improve the quality of life for people suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Another extraordinary robot isn’t so practical: the Black Phoenix art project presents a science fiction cyborg which was recently 3D printed at print studio Factor 31.
Plants Offer Inspiration for 3D Printed Porous Material Leading to Modern, Fluid Robotics
And in the case of some recent engineering where robotics are taken to the next level of technology with the use of advanced 3D printing–ironically, the concept is completely organic in its beginnings, as well as offering a model that’s more pliant and fluid for manipulating movement. Belied by …
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Awards $70,000 Grant to Talem Technologies as Part of Robotics Initiative
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) announced today that it has awarded Talem Technologies a grant for over $70,000 to support a pilot study of their X-Ar exoskeletal arm technology …
3D Printing is Bringing Conceptual Robots to Life
Partnership between conceptual designer Vitaly Bulgarov and Factor 31 brings robot art project to a glossy, real-to-the-touch finish Vitaly Bulgarov, a 3D modeler and designer from California, spends his free time working on his Black Phoenix Project, a concept based on conceptual robotics in a possible near future …