MIT’s CSAIL has doomed mankind and created a method for 3D printing hydraulic robots

Apr06

by Sindy Cator on April 6, 2016 at 11:59 am

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has created a method for 3D printing hydraulically-powered robot parts that require no assembly. That’s right — we can now 3D print entire robots. Perhaps more troubling is that one day, robots will be able to print robots. It’s the beginning of the end. CSAIL uses a technique that 3D prints using a combination of materials. It prints both solid and liquid at the same time, which can then be articulated. It also uses a commercially available 3D printer. “Our approach, which we call ‘Printable Hydraulics,’ is a step towards the rapid…