Projects / Robotics
Robotic Enclosure Prototype
A robotics startup needed a presentable, functional shell for its service-robot prototype — curved panels, service hatches and internal cable routing, iterated in days rather than months.
Industry
Robotics
Process
FDM · Carbon-filled
Turnaround
4-day iterations
Overview
A shell that works as good as it looks
The enclosure called for six formed shell panels plus hatches and sensor windows — pieces light enough for the mobile base yet rigid enough to keep seams aligned in daily demos.
We printed the set in carbon-filled PETG, orienting panels so layer lines followed the curvature instead of fighting it. Three shell revisions were printed, fitted and refined inside two weeks.
Challenge & Approach
Curves, hatches, clean seams
- Split-line planning kept visible faces free of seam marks and supports.
- Heat-set threaded inserts added post-print for repeatable hatch fastening.
- Vent and cable paths were reworked twice after the client's motion trials.
3
Shell revisions printed and fitted in a fortnight
±0.1 mm
Panel gap consistency held across the enclosure
40 %
Weight saved versus the machined panel baseline
