Voodoo Manufacturing has announced the completion of Project Skywalker, a fully functional robot-operated 3D printer cluster. Automating labour intensive processes, Voodoo expects the system to reduce costs by 90% over the next five years.
Open Bionics, a developer of affordable 3D-printed bionic hands for amputees, has won the International UAE Robotics for Good Award in Dubai and a $1 million prize fund. The Bristol-based company beat nine other finalists to the award.
Assistant Editor, Laura Griffiths, speaks to Jesse Harrington Au at Autodesk about how generative design is opening up new design possibilities powered by intelligent algorithms and organic forms.
