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 ...

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.

Materialise uses Concept Laser 3D-printing machines to “print” the new implants — first as a prototype that Lantieri can measure against a 3D model of the skull to ensure a perfect fit, and then as ...

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.

What do you get when you mix rigid and elastic polymers with a laser-scanning 3D printing technique? If you are researchers at ETH Zurich, you get robot hands with bones, ligaments, and tendons. In… ...

A 3D-printed spine was created from a clinical CT scan of a patient with a spinal deformity. Being able to see, hold and rotate a precise replica of their patient’s bones gives surgeons a new angle on ...

Nestled within the case’s foam inserts was a functioning 3D-printed model of a 500-year-old prosthetic hand. Fifteen minutes later, it broke.

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 ...

3D-printed designs are usually limited to fast-drying polymers, but a new method enables wild, soft robotic possibilities. Andrew Paul Nov 15, 2023 3:00 PM EST ...