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3D Printed Steel Pedestrian Bridge Will Soon Span an Amsterdam Canal

Posted by samzenpus on from the spanning-the-gap dept.

ErnieKey writes: Amsterdam is famed as the "Venice of the North," with close to 1,300 bridges in use. The next bridge to be built over one of the city's canals will be easily its highest-tech, as it will be constructed via 3D printing technology from MX3D. The steel pedestrian bridge, brought about by a collaboration between MX3D, Heijmans, Joris Laarman Lab, and several sponsors and supporters, will be built using 6-axis industrial robots that will begin construction on either bank and build in toward one another.

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  1. Re:Q&A by BlueStrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Weird to hear about this on SlashDot first

    Amsterdam officials had intended to keep this tech under wraps until this test project was successfully completed, as they were hoping to convince US leaders to use it to build themselves a bridge to sanity.

    Sadly...[sigh]

    Strat

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  2. Re:Did they have an engineer check the statics? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, they're going to build it and call it a bridge. /sarcasm

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  3. Re:Not a Canal by kyubre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being of Dutch descent and having chosen to live in The Netherlands for a number of years to reconnect with my (soggy) roots, it pleases me to no end that a Slashdot headline featuring 3D printing AND bridge construction, so quickly devolves into the nuances of Dutch linguistic syntax.

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