Siemens previews additive manufacturing on the move with 3D-printing spider bots [feedly]

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Siemens previews additive manufacturing on the move with 3D-printing spider bots
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

If the thought of your workplace being invaded by hundreds of laptop-sized, creepy-crawly robots fills you with dread, Siemens' vision of the future industrial worker probably isn't going to be your cup of tea. A research team working in the Siemens Robotic Labs at Princeton, New Jersey, has developed what are essentially autonomous 3D printers with legs, which could work together to manufacture complex structures such hulls of ships or the fuselage of an airplane.

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Category: 3D Printing

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