A De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) researcher will study whether 3D printing can produce artificial muscles for a new generation of soft robots. Dr Meisam Abdi is one of only eight engineers in the UK to receive a 2026/27 Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship. The award will let him spend up to a…
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A University of Nottingham-led project will bring 3D design and printing to children and young people taught in hospital education across England, and will study whether the activity can support their recovery. Funded by a Royal Society Science Community Grant and the Julia Rausing Trust, the three-year initiative will start in 25 schools, each of…
Luxembourg-based Artec 3D has released Artec Twins, a software platform for processing, rendering, and analyzing 3D scans of large environments, including point clouds containing billions of points. The launch extends the company’s work beyond object-level scanning into site-scale digital twins for surveying, inspection, and monitoring, combining data from Artec scanners, smartphones, drones, and satellites in…
Hong Kong-based 3D printer manufacturer Peopoly has opened general sales of its Giga 800 Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF) 3D printer, starting at $15,000 (EXW). The commercial release introduces a laser-assisted automatic bed leveling system developed in response to feedback from the company’s Early Adopter program. Originally introduced in May 2026, the Giga 800 is designed…
Romanian 3D printing service provider 3Descu has opened its manufacturing quotation engine to AI assistants, allowing engineers to obtain production pricing directly through ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and VS Code. Launched on October 18, 2026, the integration uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect AI assistants with the company’s existing online pricing system. Engineers can…
Italian 3D printer manufacturer WASP is developing a dual extrusion technology that combines earth-based materials and plastic reinforcement within a single 3D printing process. The patent-pending approach integrates Liquid Deposition Modeling (LDM) and Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF), allowing the system to alternate between depositing earth-based paste and thermoplastic material. According to WASP, incorporating plastic reinforcement…
China Yangtze Power has awarded Dongfang Electric Machinery a reported 15.8 million yuan (approx. $2.36 million) contract to develop in-situ AM technology for repairing turbine runner seal rings at the Three Gorges hydropower station. The 29-month project covers seal rings between 8.4 and 10.9 meters in diameter across eight generator types at the world’s largest…