UW News

Daniel Campos Zamora


October 23, 2024

From accessibility upgrades to a custom cat-food bowl, this mobile 3D printer can autonomously add features to a room

University of Washington researchers created MobiPrint, a mobile 3D printer that can automatically measure a room and print objects onto the floor. The team’s graphic interface lets users design objects in a space that the robot has mapped out. The prototype, which the team built on a modified consumer vacuum robot, can add a range of objects to rooms.