The most affordable stereolithographic 3D printer ever is being manufactured right now and it looks like the first complete boxes have arrived at Formlabs. Can’t wait to see them expanding their market with this tinkerer’s dream tool.
The new printer is optimized for ABS, a better but more challenging solution for 3D printing.
It also features 2 side-by-side extruders for multicolor prints, enclosed sides for a more stable cooling period and a higher quality build plate.
Available mid-March for $2799 on Makerbot’s online store
source: Makerbot press release
The new robotics kit from Denmark, available in 6 months, is a large step forward in onboard processing power, flexibility and expansion potential. While the first iterations where based on small microcontroller-class CPU they attracted a large fan base. EV3 contains a significant amount of memory (16MB flash, 64MB storage) for a consumer robot and offers many other features:
All that in a single kit at $349 or 349 EUR. Can’t be soon enough!
An updated version of the NXT education kit will appear simultaneously.
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Lego press release
Lego education
Rethink Robotics’s Baxter looks at first sight like any other industrial robot:
But its price tag is only slightly above $20000. There’s no need for specialized programmers, learning new operations hand-guided by its human supervisors. It doesn’t need protection cages as it’s sensors alerts it of the proximity of obstacles and humans. The onboard flat screen shows where its attention is directed at and its brain is pretty much an evolutive standard PC platform. All the necessary qualities to end up in all small manufacturers workshops soon? The first robot that’s really cheaper than off-shore labour?
New year wishes from Aldebaran Robotics‘ humanoid. No consumer version in sight but it’s still progressing.
The latest trend on robotics websites: new year wishes!
At last some good news from Spain. TheCorpora sends greetings via its new Evo Q.bo ROS.