Scientific Research Breakthrough: Sugar Can Be Printed With Powerful Software Robots in 3D!

Due to high precision and production efficiency, 3D print is being gradually widely used in various fields, such as for naval ship printing parts; for aerospace technology printing instruments; used in medical field printers; used in architectural fields Print housing; used in the automotive industry printing parts; use in the electronics industry to print laptops, etc., is it very incredible?

3D printing is rapidly developing, while printing ink (materials) has also become a factor that restricts its development, and scientists in the world have made a lot of progress on printing materials.

Recently, a group of researchers in Linds, Johannes Captle, using sugar and gelatin as ink to print 3D software robots.

In the past few years, researchers have been developing in developing software robots because they have known their own soft materials. Such robots are usually created to mimic living in water. The researchers believe that this technology will lead to the development of micro-software, which can be swim in vivo to distribute drugs or repair damaged tissues.

In most cases, the soft robots are made of non-biodegradable materials because biodegradable materials have limitations, including dissolution, molding, and limited life in water.

In this new study, researchers use sugar and gelatin to produce similar jelly object gels, and the elastic flexibility of the gel can be stretched to six times the original length. Add other materials to make their works less prone to mold (citric acid), and more elastic when soaking in water (glycerol). They have now tried various formulations to create inks that can be used to make 3D objects.

In order to use the materials they created, they heat them to the extent of soft, allowing them to be ejected by printing nozzles, and running printers in a cold room, allowing the ink to quickly solidify.

In order to test their methods, the team first created a soft pneumatic actuator that works as planned, and then printed the stretch waveguide sensor used with the LED lamp. They then combine the waveguide with the actuator to create a powerful software robot. Next, they connect three waveguides together and connect them to a button controller and then the controller can be used to change the degree of deformation of the waveguide.

This material can be repeated multiple times, laid sustainable and zero-waste for future software robots 3D printing.