3D robot printer reproduces itself
Ah and we take another step closer to cylons and the world of Cory Doctrow.
Look at your computer setup and imagine that you hooked up a 3D printer. Instead of printing on bits of paper this 3D printer makes real, robust, mechanical parts. To give you an idea of how robust, think Lego bricks and you’re in the right area. You could make lots of useful stuff, but interestingly you could also make most of the parts to make another 3D printer. That would be a machine that could copy itself.
RepRap is short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper. It is the practical self-copying 3D printer shown on the right – a self-replicating machine. [ read more from the RepRap home page]
More information:
RepRap blog has available kits to build your own RepRap.
Documentation
And see also:
Five ways to print your own 3d objects ( SciAm slide show )
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fabbaloo
20 Jul 08 at 10:20 pm
Cool blog! Thx.
ljmacphee
20 Jul 08 at 11:00 pm