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It seems like something
out of science fi ction:
robotic arms stretched over
a canal creating a bridge,
seemingly out of nothing at
all. In actuality, the robots
are advanced 3D printing
tools that a company in the
Netherlands is planning to
use to print a bridge. The fi rst
3D-printed bridge in
the world.
MX3D, a 3D-printing
robotics company, has
teamed up with American
software company Autodesk
and Dutch construction
company Heijmans to help
make the design of MX3D's
Joris Laarman a reality. The
company says it wants to
show the world what its
technology and team can
accomplish.
Dutch designer Joris
Laarman will wheel a robot
to the brink of a canal in
Amsterdam. He'll hit an "on"
button. He'll walk away. And
when he comes back two
months later, the Netherlands
will have a new, one-of-a-
kind bridge, 3D-printed in a
steel arc over the water. This
World's First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge to be Erected by Robotics Firm, Contractor
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