3D Printing Compliant Mechanisms

[Phaedrux]

I came across a rather interesting topic the other day regarding designing compliant mechanisms, that is, machines that function through the bending properties of their materials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97t7Xj_iBv0&t=1s

Turns out the items in questions are available on thingiverse to print.

https://www.thingiverse.com/BYU_CMR/designs

I've printed a few of these mechanisms now and they are quite neat.

[deckingman]

@phaedrux Fascinating stuff - thanks for sharing.