Science news articles about 'rapid prototyping technology'

... Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright, and from Oxford University. The Warwick team used rapid prototyping technology, normally used to create highly accurate 3D copies of components for a range of ...

... successfully into practice. Engineers can produce complex components with the aid of rapid prototyping technology. This involves coating a surface with wafer-thin layers of special metal powder. A ...

... to enable it to sense its environment." The components of the robot were made by rapid prototyping technology, similar to that used by the RepRap machine pioneered by the University, which builds ...

... analysis of bats' skeletal and muscular systems before developing a "robo-bat" skeleton using rapid prototyping technologies. The fully assembled skeleton rests easily in the palm of your hand and, ...