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    System can 3D Print an Entire Building

    April 27, 2017, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics, Chemistry/Nanotechnology

    MIT researchers have designed a system that can 3-D print the basic structure of an entire building. The system consists of a tracked vehicle that carries a large industrial robotic arm, which has a smaller, precision-motion robotic arm at its end. Credit: Photo Steven Keating, Julian Leland, Levi Cai, and Neri Oxman/Mediated Matter Group

    MIT researchers have designed a system that can 3-D print the basic structure of an entire building. The system consists of a tracked vehicle that carries a large industrial robotic arm, which has a smaller, precision-motion robotic arm at its end. Credit: Photo Steven Keating, Julian Leland, Levi Cai, and Neri Oxman/Mediated Matter Group

    Tech could enable faster, cheaper, more adaptable building construction. Structures built with this system could be produced faster and less expensively than traditional construction methods allow. A building could also be completely customized...

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