This is the first Tripteron to be a 3d printer! Super excited.

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This is the first Tripteron to be a 3d printer! Super excited.
https://youtu.be/yhyctj8eXPs

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Any chance it will come out to MRRF?

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I think so. To be clear, it isn’t mine.

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That was really amazing , nice to see other motion systems in action !

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So now I know what happens when Delta and Scara gets a child.

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“This unique and patented robot enables linear displacements in all directions.” … (https://youtu.be/beuY401hfh8) . I don’t know the implications of distributing the files for building it but looks amazing.
https://youtu.be/beuY401hfh8

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We have been in touch with the authors. I am the inventor of the Sextupteron/Hexapteron and wrote a paper with one of the authors. I haven’t gotten them to make it official but noncommercial use is good.

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Interesting, looks like the angle of an arm bent translates directly to distance between a linear axis and the head … I have to wonder about mechanism rigidity and precision.

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@Peter_Hanely ​ I am told it can flex 1mm at the end if put an order of magnitude more force than you would expect during a print. My intuition tells me that is good enough but beefing the arms up is always a possibility. (I was told the Prusa gantry had more flex.)

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Kind of surprised no one’s built one as a printer before now, tbh.

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I started half a dozen times but the lack of official licensing agreement held me back and building the Sextupteron before I get 5D slicing software seems silly.