Springs are great, but making them out of plastic tends to come with some downsides, for fairly obvious reasons. Creating a compliant mechanism that can be 3D printed and yet which doesn’t permanently ...

3D printing has allowed the hobbyist to turn out all sorts of interesting chess sets with either intricate details or things that are too specialized to warrant a full scale injection molded ...

Explore how a 3D printed bionic hand prototype uses cables, springs, hinge joints, sensors, and wrist mechanisms to mimic human movement, showing the challenges of robotics, prosthetic design, and ...