Researchers have successfully created a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons using 3D printing for the first time. A team from ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to accomplish the ...

3D printing has advanced so rapidly that researchers have successfully been able to mimic bones, ligaments, and tendons into a robot hand. To achieve these Westworld-reminiscent results, a team of ...

But the technology stumbles when integrating multiple materials into one printing process. 3D printing a robotic hand, for example, requires multiple printers—one to make the skeleton, another for ...

The broken hand, foot or other, needs to be 3D scanned which is reconstructed into a 3D model. The output from that process is a digital file which then goes to a 3D printer.

The cameras snap multiple images of the hand that a neural network then pieces together to create a 3D model of the hand. The scientists who created the device say it's the first such system to ...

This 3D-printed bionic hand is controlled by muscle movement, making it a potentially useful tool for people with missing or partially-functioning hands.

In biomechanical tests, it performed as well as a human femur. Researchers estimated each 3D-printed femur cost $7 to make. Li said 3D-printed bones have a range of potential applications.