The Vulcan is Icon's massive 3D printer, which stands 15½ feet tall and weighs 4.75 tons. It's capable of creating buildings with 12-foot-high curving walls.
At the center of this breakthrough is the use of shape-transformable liquid metal nanoparticles (LMNPs) integrated into polymers, enabling the direct 3D printing of complex, multi-functional robots.
Texas-based 3D printing company ICON and architects Bjarke Ingels Group. Lambert said the technology allows for unprecedented creativity. "Most hotels are contained within four walls and a lot of ...