Robot is 3D-printed upside-down in one piece, then walks out of the printer

Posted by Brajeshwar on Thursday May 29, 2025 @10:07AM
from the newatlas.com dept.

https://newatlas.com/robotics/3d-printed-soft-robot-walks/

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Re:Robot is 3D-printed upside-down in one piece, then walks ... by tempodox on Saturday May 31, 2025 @04:55AM (#44142951)

An uncanny reminder of the Universal Constructor in the first Deus Ex.

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Re:Robot is 3D-printed upside-down in one piece, then walks ... by alkz on Saturday May 31, 2025 @08:35AM (#44143849)

what really caught my eye is the 3d printer itself, took me a while to find the repo for it, so here it is: https://github.com/The-Soft-Robotics-Forum/flex-printer

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Re:Robot is 3D-printed upside-down in one piece, then walks ... by flowerthoughts on Saturday May 31, 2025 @09:53AM (#44144292)

The walk cycle is really cool, but it needs to be (manually) attached to compressed air. The video[1] saying it walks "autonomously out of the printer" is nowhere near the truth.

1. https://vimeo.com/1057922438/d0713f3f35

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