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... 😀
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  • silverscorpion

    silverscorpion

    @silverscorpion-iJKtdQ • Oct 25, 2010

    Wow!! 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!

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  • silverscorpion

    silverscorpion

    @silverscorpion-iJKtdQ • Oct 25, 2010

    Aha!! Here it is..

    I was thinking I came across something like this!!

    Take a look:

    <a href="https://reprap.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Redirecting...</a>

    A machine which can build itself.. Wow!!

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  • Ashraf HZ

    Ashraf HZ

    @Ash • Dec 5, 2010

    AbraKaDabraA PC running the MLCad Lego design system​

    Cool, we used MLCad for an initial concept design for CE Bot 😛 Check it out here: #-Link-Snipped-#

    silverscorpionAha!! Here it is..

    I was thinking I came across something like this!!

    Take a look:

    <a href="https://reprap.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Redirecting...</a>

    A machine which can build itself.. Wow!!

    Well, it can't entirely duplicate itself, but close enough 😀

    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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