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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by chromaton on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @10:05PM (#14801620)
Jamison Go reported that his beetleweight fighting robot, Silent Spring, used a drum weapon made using a Desktop Metal system. The drum was printed using 4140 steel, then hardened the traditional way.

It apparently yielded very good results, winning the beetleweight category at Bot Blast. You can search YouTube for videos of it in action.

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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by sytse on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @06:00AM (#14803145)
Video of Silent Spring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRLupZvjcrk
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by jstanley on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @06:21AM (#14803245)
The gyroscopic effects of the spinning disc on the black robot are fascinating.
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by chromaton on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @08:50AM (#14803885)
That's an older version with a different weapon configuration.
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by lordvon on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:00PM (#14801776)
I am really surprised to see Jamison being mentioned here as if he were a household name. I remember him from the Invention Studio at Georgia Tech.
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by chromaton on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @08:51AM (#14803888)
He's well known among people who are into that sort of thing.
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by theWatcher37 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:57PM (#14801912)
That's a great place to get stuff done.
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by teamtestbot on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @02:35AM (#14802362)
i <3 jamison hes so dreamy
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by lordvon on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @08:51AM (#14803890)
Yeah, but nothing compared to Charles Guan, or so I've heard.
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Re:Desktop Metal gets $115M in funding to deliver metal 3D p... by hwillis on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @01:37PM (#14806152)
I heard his cat ears could win battlebots on their own, but he likes to give the competition a chance
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