Soft Robotic Devices
- Additive Companion
- Manufacturing Assembly
- Automatisation
- 2023
- United States
Summary
The team from the University of California (UC) San Diego have achieved the desktop fabrication of monolithic soft robotic devices produced with embedded fluidic control circuits.
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Technology Details
- FFF (High Grade)
- Material Extrusion
- TPU
- Filament
Process Steps
Printer category: Material Extrusion
- 1
Step 1Design
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Step 2Printing
- Technology
- Material
Application Profile
€€€
€50–€99.99
Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.
Complex
Requires specialised knowledge and deeper analysis.
Component
Research
★☆☆
Can depend heavily on virgin fossil fuels, produce harmful emissions, and yield non-recyclable materials. Involves high energy consumption during material manufacturing. As an AM material, requires some re-processing after use. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.
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