This is our machine, Quantum. It's a super high power, crushing jaw robot
So it has about 30,000 pounds of force
Underneath the teeth there
One technology that's really helped us build this machine
To make it competitive and get it to weight is carbon fiber 3D printing
We've used it very much on these big stress members
Here, these are the collar bones of Quantum. When the robot takes a big impact, to stop the robot crumpling
We've got these great big braces here
In a previous iteration, we made them from aluminium
But we were able to save 50% on the weight by changing it out to 3D printed carbon fiber parts
We've been thrown around a lot with this machine and we haven't had one fail yet
So they're plenty strong enough
I was able to design it in an hour, give it to you guys, and you were able to print it for us overnight
And that speed of being able to
Evolve your machine is critical in this game
And the best way that we found, whilst we're in the pits here, has been 3D printing in carbon fiber
