As we discussed before, the whole manipulator consists five parts, in order to achieve a balance between flexibility and load bearing capacity, the frame of each part was designed with different parameters. This is a tutorial about the fabrication of a single segment.
Honeycomb structure was build with the technology of 3D-printing, The STL file for 3D-printing can be download here.
3D printer
MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental 3D Printer
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Material
PolyFlex (1.75 mm; 750g) White
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Honeycomb structure
limited by the workspace of the 3D Printer, we divide the honeycomb structure into two sections and printed them independently. After that, we connected the two parts with clips. Here is an video shows the process.
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