This video need to be much much longer. Then I could grab pop corn and stare stare stare…
https://youtu.be/m4A9pbkx5KE
More about Project Escher: https://vimeo.com/157523884
the autodesk email in that vimeo description doesn’t look like it is working.
If I wanted to build a similar design reprap style, what would be the best design? I’m aware you need software to avoid collision but im talking hardware for now. I’m thinking mpcnc is the way to go and to place the y axis on the X rod. Any better ideas?
Autodesk publish many of their 3D printing technologies via open licenses (like Ember) or free for non-commercional use. Maybe Project Escher will be one of them.
That’s awesome. Another reason to build it.
I wonder for a print area this large is it using heated bed? What material bed are they using?
Seems like there are much unknown in the build category almost seems as if whoever designed it is not allowed to talk about it at the moment…
@Step_Cia A bunch of community members (like myself) have been shown more info about the Escher tech and we have given quite a bit of feedback, but we’re under NDAs until Autodesk is ready to release the project in a “finished” state. Big tech companies typically don’t release info about skunkworks projects in progress. But I can tell you that the hardware shown here really isn’t the point, it’s a major software development project and the printers you’re seeing are just proof of concept hardware to demonstrate the algorithms.
If you look closely, you’ll notice that the hot ends on this printer are oddly pointy… That’s another Autodesk demo hardware development project to support some cool software they’re developing… I’ll let you imagine what they might want to do with a low-profile / narrow hot end 
@Ryan_Carlyle at first i thought these were pens just to test the technology. Any idea when this project will be released and are there patents involved?