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Workshop a mess? We've all been there! That's why we're putting our 3D printer to work, creating custom organizers to tame the tool chaos. Get the latest on this and our Temperature Puck project in our new Farm Hacks newsletter. #farmtech #innovation #workshoplife #3dprinting

🌟 Project Complete: We Nailed It, and greenSMEhub noticed! We've wrapped up our project #IntEgreat, and it turns out, we've done something pretty cool. So cool, in fact, that greenSME decided we're worth chatting about and will release the interview shortly. Our project? It's all about blending electronics with mechanics in a way that's a bit like magic, but with more wires and less wand-waving. Our party trick of choice is 3D-overprinting, which is essentially encapsulating PCBs directly in a 3D printer. It lets us prototype electromechanical systems that are not just faster and cheaper to make, but also kind of amazing. Additio is our 3D-printing partner in this adventure and they really know their stuff. Together we managed to take this concept, that DIY folks are already using for years, and gave it the sciency TLC it deserves. But wait, there's more! We've taken all our learnings, successes, and "well, that happened" moments and distilled them into a paper for the DAS symposium this year. Think of it as the highlight reel of our project, but with graphs and citations.

🌟 Recap of the Formlabs Roadshow: Innovation and Discounts! 🌟 This past Tuesday, we welcomed a group of enthusiastic professionals to the Formlabs Roadshow. Read on for an exclusive discount offer! During this roadshow, Linus Häggblom and Adam Hourigan from Formlabs flew in to the Netherlands to deliver an engaging presentation and demonstration of the latest Form 4 and the Fuse 1+ 30W. Together, we explored how these advanced technologies can help solve challenges and improve the manufacturing processes of professionals. A stunning example of the power of SLA printing was the working scale model of the F35, created by Joel Vlashof. The Form 4 proved to be a perfect addition to the existing SLA printer setups for many professionals, and as a result, we offered them a massive discount. Do you also want to take advantage of this exclusive discount? Comment below with "Formlabs discount", and we will get in touch with you right away! For those who couldn't attend this time: we're already planning our next roadshows. We'd love to hear from you which brand, technology or material you'd like to see at a future roadshow. Let us know in the comments, and we'll do our best to make it happen! The enthusiasm and engagement from the attendees were truly inspiring. We learned a lot and made valuable connections, thank you! Follow us for updates, and we hope to see you next time! #3DPrinting #Formlabs #Roadshow #Innovation #Networking #Technology #Discounts #Form4 #Fuse1 #professionals #SLS #SLA

True screw conveyor (with variable pitch) in bottom of a hopper specially for bag filters hopper. Ordinary screw conveyor with constant pitch, make a big dead zone in hopper longitudinal outlet. You think hopper is discharging from whole outlet flange but it's a big mistake! only small area of outlet nozzle is taking part discharging with a constant pitch screw conveyor!

Happy to announce our latest paper titled 'A Compliant Robotic Leg Based on fibre Jamming' has been accepted for publication by IEEE Transactions on Robotics! In this paper authored by Lois Liow, James Brett, Josh Pinskier, Lauren Hanson, Louis Tidswell, Navinda Kottege and David Howard, we discuss how humans possess a remarkable ability to react to unpredictable perturbations through immediate mechanical responses, which harness the visco-elastic properties of muscles to maintain balance. Inspired by this behaviour, we propose a novel design of a robotic leg utilising fibre jammed structures as passive compliant mechanisms to achieve variable joint stiffness and damping. We developed multi-material fibre jammed tendons with tunable mechanical properties, which can be 3D printed in one-go without need for assembly. Through extensive numerical simulations and experimentation, we demonstrate the usefulness of these tendons for shock absorbance and maintaining joint stability. We investigate how they could be used effectively in a multi-joint robotic leg by evaluating the relative contribution of each tendon to the overall stiffness of the leg. Further, we showcase the potential of these jammed structures for legged locomotion, highlighting how morphological properties of the tendons can be used to enhance stability in robotic legs. #SoftRobotics #FibreJamming #CompliantMechanisms #LeggedRobotics #Bioinspiration #Tendons CSIRO's Data61 Video: https://lnkd.in/gCkfm4V2 Preprint: https://lnkd.in/gUS3B3QD

Our Project Meeting in Varna August 2023 PR4 – short recap on the activities: what has been done and which are the next activities After a short presentation by Tihomir of TUV team, Gyula of OU team provided a recap of the activities carried out so far and shared a number of suggestions with the consortium to make the course interactive. Gyula also reminded partners of the structure that each topic of the course should adopt. 1st day PR4/A2: presentation and discussion for improvements of the topics from all involved partners After a short break, the meeting moved on with a discussion of the topics prepared by the partners. This space was reserved for a group brainstorming on the work done by each topic’s author and to arrive at suggestions for improvement. 2nd day PR3: presentation of what the course will look like within the Collaborative Platform; discussion for possible improvements. Tihomir of TUV team presented the structure of the collaborative platform, focusing on how videos, presentations and quizzes will be displayed. Partners agreed to have a single course composed of 14 topics. The full title of the course will be “3D PRINTING FOR INCLUSIVE HEALTH CARE (improving digital skills for ergonomics and bioengineering)”. All partners will be allowed to edit the course and upload autonomously the content that refers to the topics assigned to them. Stefano Pianigiani (Valuedo)

Hello, again! I've been tinkering with something pretty cool at the Smart Manufacturing Lab, BVM - a prototype of a digital twin app for the Creality Ender 3v2 3D printer. It’s still in early days, but this experiment lets us see model updates and temperature data in almost real-time. There's a bit of a lag (about a second) because of network delays, and right now, it's more of a one-way conversation with our machine. This project is a small part of a bigger dream we have in the lab to make smart manufacturing even smarter. I’m looking forward to diving deeper, smoothing out those delays, and eventually making it so this app can not only show us data but also let us tweak and play with it in real-time. It’s all experimental for now, but I’m excited about where this could lead. Thanks for cheering us on as we explore these new frontiers! #ar #digitaltwintechnology #3dprinting #smartmanufacturing #experiment

Our team will be at The TCT Group #tokyo 31st January to 2nd February. We’re looking forward to visiting the #tct event where our regional AM partner Taiyo Nippon Sanso Innovation will be exhibiting - be sure to stop by the TNSC booth 3G-14 to learn more about their Open Innovation AM initiatives and see some amazing use cases for LFAM! This video shows a great example of #metalam Meltio engine printing a marine propeller in around 6 hours. Controlled by AiSync AM Software, the Meltio DED head was able to successfully print the propeller geometry on top of an existing tube, opening up the possibilities of AM metal part repair or modification. If you would like to meet our team in #japan and hear how AiSync additive manufacturing software can work for your metal AM production - contact our team here: https://lnkd.in/dqh-P9d #additivemanufacturing #3dprinting #software #ai #tctjapan #innovation #artificialintelligence #metal3dprinting #lfam #robotics #supplychain #repair

Researchers from CSIRO Robotics and CSIRO develop a multi-material fibre jammed tendons with tunable mechanical properties that can be 3D printed in one-go without need for assembly. In a recent T-RO paper they demonstrate the usefulness of these tendons for shock absorbance and maintaining joint stability https://lnkd.in/g9aV_-jA Paper title: A Compliant Robotic Leg Based on Fibre Jamming Paper authors: Lois Liow, James Brett, Josh Pinskier, Lauren Hanson, Louis Tidswell, Navinda Kottege and David Howard #LeggedLocomotion #RobotSensingSystems #LeggedRobotics #SoftRobotics

Our final project presentation on Day 8 of the 🔺Dewesoft Summer Camp fully autonomous 🦊Robot Fox Head with a 🧵3D Printed Compliant Mecanism Our robot, DEWE-Fox, performed flawlessly, executing all animations autonomously without the need for an operator. https://lnkd.in/dg_6hyhT Designed with a unique compliant mechanism, our robot's head moves seamlessly, powered by 8 servo motors and controlled through the #DEWESoft #Obsidian #DAQ system, with programming done via openDAQ and Bottango for the animatronichs. The vertical integration over the Obsidian was intentional, not only to showcase the DEWESoft logos prominently but also to improve functionality on a taller robot. A special thank you to Mr. Alvaro Passeri for his invaluable advice, which helped bring our project to life. This was truly a team effort, with great collaboration and shared passion driving our success. #DAQ #DSC24 #DataAcquisition #DEWESoftSummerCamp #EngineeringStudents #FutureEngineers #Robotics #3DPrinting #OpenDAQ #Obsidian #Animatronics #CompliantMechanism #Innovation #WeAreDewesoft 00:00 - Introduction Team 5 Robot Fox 00:22 - Design choiches 00:49 - Eyes macanism 01:21 - Project Overview 01:38 - We love zip ties 02:35 - Compliant mechanisms with a spring-like feature 02:47 - Material selection 03:05 - Control System 03:40 - Techniques for bonding parts 03:59 - Animation with Bottango 04:05 - What we learned and what could be done better 05:17 - Conclusion 05:39 - Activating the robot 06:51 - Why vertical on Obsidian? 07:49 - Team members presentation 07:51 - Etto Fins 08:16 - Klemen Kolar 08:30 - Adam Pikl 09:14 - Matteo Pippa 10:04 - Antonio Sánchez Corbalán 12:20 - Q&A - First from Francesco 15:29 - Question from Alberto Boffi