Does anyone else feel like botObjects is sort of abusing the spirit of what “full color printing” means?
From watching their video and looking at the few images they have, it looks like it can’t actually print any color at any time; it’s limited to printing one color per layer. Albeit it can blend filaments to achieve any color for that layer, but it can’t switch color until it moves to the next layer.
This to me sounds more like spot color printing. So maybe a better term would be “full range spot color 3D printing” rather than “full color 3D printing”, no?
Edit: btw, I’m not trying to take a bash at botObject’s technology. They’ve done a damn good job. I just find the marketing misleading.
In fairness I think ‘misleading’ is a defining adjective of a lot of marketing…
Botobjects have been super sleazy from day one. Taking preorders based on renders. Still have not released a single photo of a printed object.
@Shachar_Weis there’s a handful of photos and a video on their website. And taking preorders for an unfinished product is pretty normal these days: ever hear of Kickstarter? Indigogo? yeah… same thing.
Look closely. Those are clearly renders.
@Shachar_Weis look closely, you’ll need to to pull that bug out of your ass
http://botobjects.com/latest-updates
Ah, they have some real prints photos now. They started taking preorders for a 4K device with zero spec, no pictures, one photoshop 2d mockup, and three rendered fake prints. That, my friend, is sleazy. And you can take your tongue out of their ass now.
@Shachar_Weis how does debunking your hate based in misinformation equate to ass licking? I said myself that I don’t agree with what they’re doing, that was the whole point of my post.
You need to get a grip on reality here. You were clearly wrong and fuming about it anyway.
Bot objects have a real robot. It is pretty meh though. Their original vernacular was that they were reinventing FDM extrusion etc, what is now apparent is that they have used the open source Ultimaker gantry design, the open source Reprap pro mini extruder and their mixing hot end looks suspiciously like something that was prototyped by a reprapper a while back.
All very well except (afaik) they’ve not acknowledged any licences or intend to release their source. @Richard_Horne also expressed concerns they might have been attempting to patent some of this.
The mixing is too slow for me to be interested, ignoring any moral issues with the company. I do think that the osh community could benefit from honest people owning patents, the problem is that they are so dam expensive. Patents do 2 things, invalidate patents that are issued later, and allow you to sue in the event licences are misused. The osh could benefit from the former. To be clear the patent system is completely broken, and currently designed to hinder innovation and insure monopolies.
They do say they’re reusable cartridges, which is an advantage over ones like Cube. Of course, they don’t say if that’s end user reloadable, or trade-in like toner cartridges.