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Rapid Prototyping Ball and Socket Joint



The McGill University rapid prototyper, originally set up in the Centre for Intelligent Machines, can make all kinds of neat devices out of plastic. Here, it's making a ball and socket joint. This time-lapse video took about 12 hours. Images were taken by an SGI Indy camera.

Rapid Prototying an elastomer tire



This is a scaled down version of the Polar Bear robot tire. It was made with a Stratasys FDM 3000 rapid prototyper. The prototyper was originally set up at McGill's Centre for Intelligent Machines. The part was made by James Andrew Smith and took about six hours to complete. The time-lapse video was made using an SGI Indy computer and its camera.

FDM Lecture Part 2/2



FDM 3000 Rapid prototyping lecture, University of Texas El Paso

FDM Lecture Part 1/2



FDM 3000 Rapid prototyping lecture, University of Texas, El Paso