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Yes, We Now Have Flying 3D Printers
No, we’re not joking. A flying 3D printer really was unveiled recently by DediBot during TCT Asia 2018. The printer, named the “Fly Elephant”, is the world’s first 3D printer capable of flying in the air whilst printing parts. The…
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No, we’re not joking. A flying 3D printer really was unveiled recently by DediBot during TCT Asia 2018. The printer, named the “Fly Elephant”, is the world’s first 3D printer capable of flying in the air whilst printing parts. The printer is based on the company’s ‘Open Additive Manufacturing’ technology, and is only limited by the drone’s battery life, not by any physical restrictions of the 3D printer.
Flying 3D printers to revolutionise construction?
According to DediBot, the basic principle of the technology is “to use drones as print execution units, while maintaining a very high printing accuracy to achieve rapid prototyping of large structures.”
The Fly Elephant 3D printer.
The flying 3D printer is still in prototype state and can only print small cement structures, but the technology developed by the Chinese company could eventually be used to 3D print construction to build much higher structures like future skyscrapers! 3D printing in construction has come a long way recently, as shown by projects such as 3D printed bus stops in China, and a whole house being 3D printed in just 24 hours!
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