Hoboken Students Design Elaborate, 3D Printed Robot: Liberty Science Center Exhibit

Hoboken, NJ – It’s a robot that can play “Simon Says,” respond to commands and even take a selfie.

From April 19 through the month of May, the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City will be teaming up with the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken for a new exhibit: one of the “fastest-produced, full-upper-torso, 3D-printed robots in the world.”

The robot - which can move, swivel, raise its arms, pick-up items and wiggle its fingers - was created by students at Stevens Institute.

Based on work from French designer Gael Langevin and his InMoov open source project, the robot was transformed by computer-aided design file, according to a news release.

About 100 components - including joints, 'bones' and other mechanical parts of the robot - were then printed in polyvinyl chloride plastic.

After the pieces were printed, Stevens student Peter Bruinooge, a mechanical engineering major, assembled them “as if he were putting together LEGOs,” school administrators stated in a news release.

"I really enjoy the process of creating things from thin air," said Bruinooge. "I was always that kid with LEGOs, the one who liked to take apart and build things with his hands. This is an extension of that. With 3D printing, you can design something on a computer and, just a few hours later, begin producing a prototype of the object."

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For more information about the exhibit, visit www.lsc.org.

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