$26 Million Robot Arm: Real 3D Printed Products

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Published 2023-06-06
Discover the remarkable success of Haddington Dynamics and their robot arm, Dexter, which went from a $100,000 Kickstarter campaign to a $26 million venture in just three years, thanks to the power of mass production 3D printing. By partnering with Slant 3D to produce large batches of robot arm pieces, leveraging the flexibility and complex geometries of 3D printing, Haddington Dynamics was able to achieve rapid growth. This approach allowed them to deliver products on time, and demonstrate the benefits of 3D printing for mass production and high-volume manufacturing.

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All Comments (21)
  • @fail_fast
    I'm one of the engineers working on new products at Haddington. It's hard to understate how critical 3D printing was for our product development and our business strategy. We are still very much in-tune with our maker roots since the acquisition. To Ocado's cresit, they've done their utmost to give us both the freedom and support to continue developing products how we best see fit. We've been able to accomplish some amazing things in these last few years and I can't wait to be able to share what we've been working on. I think the maker community is going to love it. Thanks for the shoutout, awesome video! I'm going to share this with the rest of my team.
  • @botirlasorin
    The amount of your head movements is out of this world
  • @kristenl8043
    I personally think molds are superior to 3D print when quantity is concerned, and all models are refined and free from operational defects of the component. Bottom line 3D printing is another form of manufacturing which doesn't render others form obsolete rather used in combination with others can make for vastly better products in the end. A 3D printers strength is in prototyping and cost reduction, where as casting and molding has a speed and part strength advantage. Now if you'll excuse me my Ender 3 just finished a phone stand I've been working on. 😊
  • @dollarbutt
    Head movements are very distracting. Suggest dialing it back.
  • @bradkoerner1
    Great example of 3D printing accelerating product development>>product launch, which is not often discussed. Lots of focus goes on design modelling/prototyping, lots of focus is misplaced on "mass customization", but I saw through my work there is incredible value in accelerating the development/engineering/DFM process.
  • @TheSupertecnology
    It is truly amazing what additive manufacturing allows when it comes to a production line and overall supply chain.
  • @akira5872
    Really really good video, keep going like this ! I didn't know that such a good project existed. Thank you a lot for the content !
  • @mateuslira3411
    No 3d print beats the overall quality of something made on molding
  • @santiagoricoy1313
    Wow! Thank you! I've been staring at this arm in my laboratory for a while. No one told me the story behind it. Might take a minute to mess with it now.
  • @egeatilla5308
    Hope this is not rude but I'd like to give a small criticism: you have very expressive head movements which are quite distracting.
  • @MSM5500
    These robots are just good enough to work at no further then a grocery store.
  • @kamel3d
    This video is amazing you explain things in a very good way
  • @b_eberle
    Very cool to see that 3D printing is used for product that have a big number of units. I also created a product with my stair climbing vacuum robot. But there are some things to do until I can bring it Ingo mass production 😢
  • @HaloWolf102
    Dexter was a Kickstarter started to end robotic arm scarcity. It successfully raised $108,885. The people who funded this startup wanted this company to provide a service to the general public of providing robot arms to consumers. Haddington or Ocado doesn't provide any 3D printed arms to the public currently, and I doubt they ever will. So, this company stole money from people. And not only did they steal money, but they also didn't put anything in the contract to continue production to serve to the public, once Ocado claimed their buisness. This video shouldn't be celebrated as a postive thing, because there is nothing positive about building a 27 million company, and running.
  • @noway8233
    Very cool story , nice pick and place
  • @gus452000
    Congrats on hitting 17K subscribers.