{"id":146795,"date":"2022-09-22T03:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T08:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/3d-printed-drones-work-like-bees-to-build-and-repair-structures-while-flying"},"modified":"2022-09-22T03:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T08:23:03","slug":"3d-printed-drones-work-like-bees-to-build-and-repair-structures-while-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/3d-printed-drones-work-like-bees-to-build-and-repair-structures-while-flying","title":{"rendered":"3D-printed drones work like bees to build and repair structures while flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDKNEO0gDuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The technology, which has been tested in the lab, could ultimately be used for manufacturing and building in difficult-to-access or dangerous locations such as tall buildings or help with post-disaster relief construction, say the researchers.<\/p>\n<p>3D printing is gaining momentum in the <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/construction+industry\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">construction industry<\/a>. Both on-site and in the factory, static and <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/mobile+robots\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">mobile robots<\/a> print materials for use in <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/construction+projects\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">construction projects<\/a>, such as steel and <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/concrete+structures\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">concrete structures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This new approach to 3D printing\u2014led in its development by Imperial and Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and Technology\u2014uses flying robots, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/drones\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">drones<\/a>, that use collective building methods inspired by natural builders like bees and wasps who work together to create large, intricate structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The technology, which has been tested in the lab, could ultimately be used for manufacturing and building in difficult-to-access or dangerous locations such as tall buildings or help with post-disaster relief construction, say the researchers. 3D printing is gaining momentum in the construction industry. Both on-site and in the factory, static and mobile robots print [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1488,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-drones","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}