RepRap

This video is an introduction to the RepRap self-replicating 3D printer.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• RepRap
• introduction
• 3D printer
• rapid prototyper
• additive fabrication
• replicator

[coolman9999uk]

3rd Gen: 100% of parts self produced.

6th Gen: Fully functioning assembler module. Can assemble itself.

8th Gen: Multiple materials. Can assemble simple robots.

9th Gen: Internet software framework for common control of printers and robots.

10th Gen: Integration of AI source code of all machines.

12th Gen: AI source code able to permute itself and tests itself for fitness in simulation/real world tests. i.e. ability to become better. Goal = make human lives easier.

15th Gen: End of human race.

[adrianbowyer]

@coolman9999uk Hmmm. Daffodils and sheep are far better evolving self-replicating machines than RepRap. We don't seem to have had a lot of trouble with them... Dealing with self-replicating machines is our oldest and best-understood technology - we call it farming.

[adrianbowyer]

Just in the same way that computers eliminated all those jobs that they were going to in the 1960s. After all, that's why we're all sunning ourselves on beaches now...

This idea is entirely wrong. It's not employment that creates wealth, it's wealth that creates employment. And employment is definitely not a zero-sum game.

[awfulpwn]

This isn't under private control. Anyone can make one; in fact, there are videos on YouTube that teach you how.

[KarriKoivusalo]

@henrikmk

Do you realize you are talking about two decades old tech here? There are RP machines that can conceivably produce circuit boards (although manufacturing them from blanks yields better results quicker and cheaper) but semi-conductor electronics? Forget about it.

It's a hobby tool, great for hobbyists and a boon for small DIY construction, but it will never, ever be the great do-all zeitgeist horn of plenty. The whole Zeitgeist circle jerk is based on delusion.

[henrikmk]

@KarriKoivusalo Are you keeping up with Reprap development? It's moving fast. Don't expect the Reprap to look like this in 10 years. Most "vitamin" parts, won't be printable for a long time, but it does not prevent people from reducing the number of vitamin parts needed. Electronics printing is possible today industrially and I wouldn't be surprised, if it is possible to print a small 8-bit computer within a decade. Don't think in terms of what's possible now. Think many years ahead.

[KarriKoivusalo]

@henrikmk

Ah yes, the usual "Reprap can replicate itself" bull. And zeitgeist, from what I've seen from the people promoting it, very much including yourself, is a total detachment of reality. There's no way this machine could print even most of the parts it uses, and an RP machine making *electronics* out of some bin of raw material is Star Trek, not immediate development prospect. I don't see much use for this machine to a struggling farmer either. Wake up.

[henrikmk]

@KarriKoivusalo In fact, this is a core aspect of Zeitgeist: This poor farmer will be able to give things away to his neighbor, including parts for another printer. Therefore, the limitation to his prosperity will be the resources available to him and not how much money he has.

Now, take the open Reprap design principle and move it to metal, electronics and concrete printers. A family of open printers that can 100% make parts for each other. This covers most living needs without any money.

[henrikmk]

@KarriKoivusalo The "hobby" aspect of this machine is the price. Commercial printers are closed, expensive systems that don't replicate themselves and their only advantage is print quality. The Reprap is an open design that anyone can build. Increasing the speed and quality over time becomes a part of the design process being open, and allows it to spread faster than commercial printers. Any poor farmer, can print things without needing money instead of buying expensive things to survive.

[amfest]

@countrybluegrass

or . .gasp

people create their own product and manufacture it themselves! I highly doubt that majority of the general public will want an ugly looking manufacturing machine in their homes next to their family pc.

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

FUCK GUNDAM AGE!!!

4CHAN

[Yukikazehalo]

@countrybluegrass

you're not thinking about the big picture, micro-manufacturing and replicating technology is one of the first steps towards a post-scarcity world where money is no longer needed.

[countrybluegrass]

You still have to buy pre-made plastic for it to make things out of. You still have to pay a factory to synthesize the plastic out oil and have it shipped to you. The only thing this is good for is liberating the working classes from their jobs.