April 2013
Intermediate to advanced
160 pages
6h 34m
English
3D-print a $12,000 humanoid robot — for half that price.
In recent years I’ve experimented with 3D-printing the structural brackets for my humanoid robot Boomer. Boomer and I compete at RoboGames and show off at Maker Faires, and people always ask me: Why 3D printing? Why not just make the brackets out of metal like everyone else?
Humanoid Evolution

The DARwIn-OP (Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence — Open Platform) is a state-of-the-art research and development humanoid robot created by Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa), led by Dr. Dennis Hong, in collaboration ...
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