Robotic 3D Printing Firm Caracol Gets $40M For "Made-In-America" Push

CEO Francesco De Stefano on why he believes the U.S. is the place to go to define the future of industrial-scale 3D printing.
VoxelMatters

Caracol expands software capabilities: beyond additive and AI-driven process control

Caracol will use Formnext 2025 as a venue to demonstrate its new products: Eidos Manufacturing software suite and a 3D printed catamaran.
Interesting Engineering

‘Silicon Village’: US to 3D-print submarine parts in its territory closest to China

Guam has taken a major step toward diversifying its economy and boosting US defense manufacturing in the Pacific.
IEEE

Dynamic Path Planning of Robotic Arm Based on Repulsive Potential Field and Deep Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: To endow robotic arms with enhanced autonomous obstacle avoidance and path planning capabilities in complex dynamic environments, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) methods have been widely ...
Interesting Engineering

New knitting machine weaves solid 3D forms, adding stitches in any direction

A team from Cornell and Carnegie Mellon has created a knitting machine that constructs solid 3D shapes by adding stitches in ...
The Cool Down

Construction company shares photo of 3D-printed home built in remote US region — here's why it could be the first of many

The first occupied 3D-printed house in Nome, Alaska, was constructed by a robot and is now providing affordable housing to ...
Hackaday

Dual-Arm Mobile Bot Built On IKEA Cart Costs Hundreds, Not Thousands

There are many incredible open-source robotic arm projects out there, but there’s a dearth of affordable, stable, and mobile robotic platforms with arms. That’s where XLeRobot comes ...
3Dnatives

Desert Ark: The First 3D-Printed Concrete Structure in the Chinese Desert

Desert Ark is a collection of 3D-printed structures by designRESERVE, located in the desert in China, to provide shelter.