Joris Laarman Lab, MX3D
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM)
Development of an innovative robotic application, realisation of several prototypes which led to the creation of a spin-off company.
Joris Laarman Lab explored Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) to create support-free 3D-objects directly out of metals, such as steel, stainless steel, aluminium, bronze or copper. The process uses almost standard welding equipment but relies on complex toolpaths and software integration to make their beautiful structures a reality. Manually programming a robot to create these sorts of shapes would be an impossible task so the team at Joris Laarman Labs had to leverage the CAD-based programming capabilities of HAL Robotics’ technology to make this novel process a reality. This work and the process itself were so successful that MX3D was spun-out into its own entity and is now a household name, known best for their WAAM bridge over a canal in Amsterdam which opened in 2021.
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