Project Overview
This is a joint project between:
- Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre of [Lawrence College]
- Pearce Research Group at Michigan Tech in Open Sustainability Technology
Project created and supervised by:
- SEARC's lead researcher Adegboyega Babasola
- Dr. Joshua Pearce, professor at [Tech]
Project Student Research Assistant:
Research Period:
- June 2012 - Ongoing
Objective
To design a charging cart for a 3D printer that is completely mobile, and runs solely on renewable energy.
RepRap Background
For the project, a RepRap Mendel running on gen6 electronics was chosen.
The RepRap is a low-cost 3D printer, designed by Dr. Adrian Bowyer. It runs on open-source software. And is self-replicating.
More information on the RepRap can be found on the RepRap at:
RepRap.org/wiki