FuturePlans

Future plans

The next version of RepRap will be [RepRapTwoMendel][RepRap 2.0 "Mendel"]]. We hope to be able to incorporate more advanced features to bring an improved machine. This area is 'mostly' pure speculation. There is however a tinge of reality in the claims presented here. Feel free to attempt to do any of these things and report back.

A fundamental principle of the RepRap project is that anyone who has a RepRap machine will always be able to use it to build the next generation improvement. That way even if you start with the very bootstrap machine, you can always build your way back up to the full technology. Of course this may not always be possible, but we will try our very best!

The names will always commemorate famous biologists - after all, the point of RepRap is replication and evolution.

Technology

Building a precision rotary encoder on a DC geared motor

This is a description of how to get a very cheap, very accurate encoder and DC motor/gearbox working together.

Materials Experimentation

ceramic, colored, conductive, cement, or just plain cool!

Optical Sensor

A simple FDM opto-interrupter module. Limit switches are crucial to 'injury' free operation. Dont want to be cranking on the old axes the wrong way now :D

Future Tool Ideas

And boy are there alot of them! Tools are what set humans apart from apes, and its no different with robots. The ones with better tools will be the ones who reproduce.

-- Main.AdrianBowyer - 05 Jan 2007 -- Main.ZachSmith - 11 Feb 2007