According to a recent EurekAlert! article, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a 3D printing technology that expands the possibilities of soft robotics by making it suitable for slow-curing polymers. The advancement allows for the creation of more durable and robust robots with enhanced elastic properties. The technology combines 3D printing with a laser scanner and a feedback mechanism, enabling the printing of complex objects with a variety of high-quality materials in one go. The slow-curing thiolene polymers used in the process have good elastic properties, making them ideal for producing elastic ligaments in robotic structures.
3D Printing Durable Robots with Complex Structures
New tech allows seamless crafting of durable robots with bones, ligaments, and tendons, in a single process.
Nov 23, 2023
THOMAS BUCHNER / ETH ZURICH