{"id":210933,"date":"2025-04-09T03:08:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/3d-printed-open-source-robot-offers-accessible-solution-for-materials-synthesis"},"modified":"2025-04-09T03:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:08:46","slug":"3d-printed-open-source-robot-offers-accessible-solution-for-materials-synthesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/3d-printed-open-source-robot-offers-accessible-solution-for-materials-synthesis","title":{"rendered":"3D-printed open-source robot offers accessible solution for materials synthesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/3d-printed-open-source-robot-offers-accessible-solution-for-materials-synthesis2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of researchers led by Professor Keisuke Takahashi at the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, have created FLUID (Flowing Liquid Utilizing Interactive Device), an open-source robotic system constructed using a 3D printer and off-the-shelf electronic components.<\/p>\n<p>To demonstrate FLUID\u2019s capabilities, the team used the robot to automate the co-precipitation of cobalt and nickel, creating binary materials with precision and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy adopting open source, utilizing a 3D printer, and taking advantage of commonly-available electronics, it became possible to construct a functional robot that is customized to a particular set of needs at a fraction of the costs typically associated with commercially-available robots,\u201d said Mikael Kuwahara, the lead author of the study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of researchers led by Professor Keisuke Takahashi at the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, have created FLUID (Flowing Liquid Utilizing Interactive Device), an open-source robotic system constructed using a 3D printer and off-the-shelf electronic components. To demonstrate FLUID\u2019s capabilities, the team used the robot to automate the co-precipitation of cobalt and nickel, creating [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1635,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210933","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=210933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}