4D printing is pushing beyond static 3D-printed objects by enabling materials to reshape themselves in response to environmental triggers, using stimulus-responsive polymers and sophisticated structural designs.
Top Stories This Week
- 4D Printing Explained
- As US Bans Chinese Robots, Serbia Launches Mass Humanoid Production
- Openness Helps Robots Go Faster, Higher, Stronger
- NASA Partners With Freelancercom To Design Free Flying Robot On The Space Station
- Japan Is Using AI, Drones And Wolf Robots To Keep Bears At Bay
- Engineers Just Solved 3D Printing’s Biggest Structural Weakness With A Computational Model
- Berkeley Humanoid Lite Cuts Robot Costs With DIY Actuators
- AI Searched 100 Million Possibilities And Found A Cheaper Way To 3D-print A NASA Rocket Alloy
- Scientists Build Tiny Robots Without Motors That Can Fly Using Sound Waves Alone
- Hugging Face’s Microduck Robot Duck Tops $2.6 Million In First-day Orders
Hardware Business News
As US Bans Chinese Robots, Serbia Launches Mass Humanoid Production
As the US blocks imports of advanced Chinese robots, Serbia has begun mass-producing Chinese-designed humanoid robots in a new factory operated with Minth Group and AGIBOT.
Openness Helps Robots Go Faster, Higher, Stronger
The 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing showcased over 2,000 robots from 16 countries, highlighting China’s commitment to global collaboration and openness in robotics and showing how joint effort can accelerate designs.
NASA Partners With Freelancercom To Design Free Flying Robot On The Space Station
NASA is teaming up with Freelancer.com to crowdsource the design of a free-flying robot for the International Space Station, tapping into a global pool of engineering talent to solve practical challenges in orbit.
Hardware Engineering News
Japan Is Using AI, Drones And Wolf Robots To Keep Bears At Bay
Japan is deploying a combination of AI-powered cameras, rapid-response drones, and animatronic wolf robots to deter an unprecedented rise in bear encounters near towns and farmland.
Engineers Just Solved 3D Printings Biggest Structural Weakness With A Computational Model
A new computational model now enables 3D printers to dynamically optimize temperature and speed, directly strengthening the weak interlayer bonds that have long limited FFF part durability.
Berkeley Humanoid Lite Cuts Robot Costs With DIY Actuators
Berkeley Humanoid Lite introduces a modular, open source robot platform that leverages 3D-printed actuators and cycloidal gearboxes to cut hardware costs.
Hardware R&D News
AI Searched 100 Million Possibilities And Found A Cheaper Way To 3D-print A NASA Rocket Alloy
Researchers at Washington State University used AI to efficiently identify several low-power 3D-printing configurations for NASA’s GRCop-42 rocket alloy, overcoming a challenge that previously limited its accessibility.
Scientists Build Tiny Robots Without Motors That Can Fly Using Sound Waves Alone
Researchers at EPFL have demonstrated tiny robots that can fly and steer solely by harnessing Helmholtz resonance, using sound waves in place of traditional motors.
Open-Source Hardware News
Hugging Face’s Microduck Robot Duck Tops $2.6 Million In First-day Orders
Hugging Face’s $399 open-source Microduck robot duck saw over $2.6 million in first-day orders, highlighting unprecedented demand for accessible, failure-tolerant robotics hardware.
