Using a smartphone as a 3D printer

Juan Cuellar Lopez, PhD student at the Department of BioMechanical Engineering, developed – together with Paul Breedveld, Amir Zadpoor, Gerwin Smit and Dick Plettenburg – a technique that makes it easier to design tailor-made 3D-printed prosthetic hands, in which a smartphone is used as a 3D scanner. This technique is ideal for use in health care in developing countries, where there is frequently a shortage of qualified care professionals and the right facilities. Juan Cuellar Lopez released two publications this month on his research: ‘Ten guidelines for the design of non-assembly mechanisms: The case of 3D-printed prosthetic hands’ and ‘Additive manufacturing of non-assembly mechanisms’ in Additive Manufacturing.

Juan Cuellar Lopez conducts his research for the TU Delft Global Research Fellowship, where he is part of the Bio-Inspired Technology Group (BITE) under the supervision of Paul Breedveld.

Read “<link stories access-to-prosthetics-thanks-to-3d-printing-and-a-smartphone-app>Access to prosthetics thanks to 3D printing and a smartphone app” by TU Delft Global here.