Here's how 3D printing makes the robots that make everything else One of the largest industrial robotics companies in the world demonstrates how rapid prototyping has already disrupted manufacturing.

Scientists have developed a 3D printing method that could make shape-changing soft robots more practical.

But a forward-thinking approach to automation that relies on robots and 3D printing technologies has helped the family-owned company thrive in a shrinking labor market.

With the new technique, an inkjet printer deposits individual droplets of material that are each 20 to 30 microns in diameter — less than half the width of a human hair.

MIT’s CSAIL has created a method for 3D printing hydraulically-powered robot parts that require no assembly and need minimal power.

And, dare to dream, but now that they can handle liquids, perhaps the idea of a hot mug of tea appearing from a 3D printer isn’t just science fiction. [MIT CSAIL] 3D printing CSAIL Robots ...

A newly-developed 3D printing technique could be used to cost-effectively produce customized electronic 'machines' the size of insects which enable advanced applications in robotics ...

But Ford’s patent-pending system solves a crucial bottleneck in the production line by using robots to operate the 3D printers through the night without human interaction.

Previously, 3D printing had only been done with solid materials. Printing with both materials allows for the faster creation of complex designs, lessening the time and expense required to make robots.

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