Assuming every hinge there is motorized, that’s 6 servos. That looks like a nightmare to calibrate, which it will need to do a lot of if it’s shoved in some backpack for travel on a routine basis.
And the print head looks like a bitch to take apart to service if you get a jam.
Working with 6 axis industrial robots with astonishing repeatability precision, this still wouldn’t be enough for a 3D printer
I’m doubting the practical feasibility as well
Yeah. And those industrial bots you work with are all metal, with high torque motors most likely.
Meanwhile this thing is going to be using the cheapest servos that can just barely meet the torque requirements, all in a plastic housing arm.
Gonna stick with my ender 3.
It’s really weird to take as pessimistic a view as possible on something that doesn’t even exist, and conclude that it’s terrible.
Yeah this thing would suffer really hard from over time degradation and you would have no way to fix it probably. Its like the Iphone of 3D printers. The beauty of 3D printers is exactly that everything is exposed and can be easily modified, repaired or replaced.
Anycubic’s latest innovation could redefine what users expect from portable 3D printers, and has already won the iF Design Award 2025, but the company has offered no official launch date.
Lol of course they haven’t, this is a concept idea with probably zero engineering hours put in to it yet. This is their designers thinking “ooh, this would be super neat!” And their marketing team going “fuck yeah!”
It looks a lot like a typical robotic arm used in manufacturing. A quick Google shows that there are a number of desk mounted versions available, but I have no idea what kind of accuracy they offer. It shouldn’t be that complicated of a design and since most approaches use encoders things like missteps should be a thing of the past.
I can’t see pulling this off at a home user price point without pretty big compromises on positioning accuracy and/or giving up on feedback.
I mean, I agree, if they can pull it off, it is super neat
Those darn lazy engineers. I mean the entire thing is basically done as you can see from the picture!
Those darn engineers just have to put it in that box and make it move, what’s the big deal. Slowpokes
