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I'm definitely giving this one a chance. It's version 1. I'm convinced that many good things will evolve from this.

• 2muchcoffeeman 2y ago
  I can already print human scale objects domestically on a belt printer. But only on a single axis. Something like this would have the advantage of being able to print at human scale on all axes. But you’d need a human sized printer on at least one axis. At which point, you have to question what you’re doing.
  • Teever 2y ago
    It would be a fun project to figure out how to optimize the support material necessary for this printer to raise itself up and move itself around a print that is far larger than itself. Sort of like scaffolding for commercial construction.
    • shermantanktop 2y ago
      you mean for the printer to print its own scaffolding? Any scenario where the printer itself moves but continues to print an in-progress object requires the equivalent of auto-bed-leveling. But rather than checking the location of a fixed bed with known parameters, it would probably be checking the unfinished face of the printed object. Sounds challenging...
      • Teever 2y ago
        Yes, exactly, print it's own scaffolding. Sounds very challenging. Imagine this robot printing a human sized David statue and the necessary scaffolding to raise itself to every position necessary to do so. The next level would be to design the scaffolding in such a way that it's easy for the robot to disassemble and either directly reprocess into filament or to store for later reprocessing. The next level would be coordinating a swarm of these robots.