Blog for the RepRap project at www.reprap.org - a project to create an open-source self-copying 3D printer. To get all the early posts on this blog with all the images as a single PDF visit this page.
Friday, April 18, 2008
RepRap prints a child
This is for anyone who doubts the z-axis. Ian's son, Johnny, weighs 17.5 kilos. Admittedly the axis will only drive Johnny down and not up, but that's the way RP goes anyway.
We did tests on other humans and found Darwin to have a lifting capacity of about 7kg. Perfect for babies.