MakerLegoBot: A Lego Mindstorms NXT 3D Printer
Inspired by the open-source 3D printer MakerBot, this machine is made of more than 2,400 bricks and runs on three NXT Intelligent Bricks and nine NXT motors.
A PC running the MLCad Lego design system sends instructions to the printer via USB, and it then starts selecting bricks from its large-capacity feeder system.
It can build objects up to 12 bricks tall with 1x2, 2x2, 3x2, 4x2, and 8x2 bricks.
The models are made on a base that rotates to handle nonsquare bricks.
See the detailed information and pictures here: #-Link-Snipped-#
[video]https://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20020531-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20[/video]
I wonder if this kind of technology be used to architect some insanely beautiful structures in civil engineering... 😀
A PC running the MLCad Lego design system sends instructions to the printer via USB, and it then starts selecting bricks from its large-capacity feeder system.
It can build objects up to 12 bricks tall with 1x2, 2x2, 3x2, 4x2, and 8x2 bricks.
The models are made on a base that rotates to handle nonsquare bricks.
See the detailed information and pictures here: #-Link-Snipped-#
[video]https://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20020531-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20[/video]
I wonder if this kind of technology be used to architect some insanely beautiful structures in civil engineering... 😀
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silverscorpionWow!! Awesome! I wonder if there's a machine which can 'print' itself? ie., is there a robot which can duplicate itself?
And yeah, if this technology is somehow adopted in civil engineering, it'd be great! -
silverscorpionAha!! Here it is..
I was thinking I came across something like this!!
Take a look:
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A machine which can build itself.. Wow!! -
Ashraf HZ
Cool, we used MLCad for an initial concept design for CE Bot 😛 Check it out here: #-Link-Snipped-#AbraKaDabraA PC running the MLCad Lego design system
Well, it can't entirely duplicate itself, but close enough 😀silverscorpionAha!! Here it is..
I was thinking I came across something like this!!
Take a look:
Redirecting...
A machine which can build itself.. Wow!!
Building a RepRap machine is a good choice as a final year project, with some additions of course.. like having the ability to print circuit traces.
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