I think more FRC teams are using additive manufacturing on their robots than you realize. Search around the forums here, and talk to all the teams when you go to competitions. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Originally Posted by guniv
Team 3824 in our region prints their entire chassis. Oak Ridge National Laboratories has been sort of a pioneer in large scale additive manufacturing, and 3824 gets to work out of their facility with a lot of mentor support. You can read about them in the book that came with kickoff kits last year (Behind the Design). Here's a video of them printing in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvLxsRnA0Y0 |
Case in point. From 2012-2015, 3824 printed just about every component of their robots, especially the structural components. Even before ORNL developed their Big Area Additive Machine, 3824 used a Fortus printer to print their robots. Many of the surrounding Knoxville teams use those printers as well.