ZUtA Labs

Pocket robotic mobile printer

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Pocket robotic mobile printer

3 followers

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@tuviae love the idea! Excellent work. Any thoughts about scanning? I know you said phones essentially cover that, but I have gotten push back from people when I have sent them a photo of a doc (plus, it looks a little less professional) vs. a traditionally scanned doc. Keep up the great work!

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12yr ago

The Breaking Point Newsletter

@tuviae @VivekMGeorge I agree, I think high res document scanning using this kind of technology would be super useful. Possibly more so than printing.

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12yr ago

Looks really cool, congrats on bringing it to life. Can the printer recover/recalibrate from something like the table being bumped during a print? Or would you have to start over with a fresh sheet?

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12yr ago

ZUtA Labs

Maker

@igamebank hey Bob, a bump would probably create a little smudge in a specific point. If the printing is disturbed in a more severe way, with the first version of the printer, you'd have to restart the printing. In the future version, it would be able to continue from where it stopped.

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12yr ago

Cool product. Could one of these be used to print directly to a notebook? For example, if I were taking course notes and wanted to add a diagram from the prof, would I be able to use this printer to include the diagram with my handwritten notes?

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12yr ago

ZUtA Labs

Maker

@ar_turnbull yes, that's a great use case we've had many tell us about...

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12yr ago

@tuviae Your FAQ says any standard size of paper, how would it handle something massive? I'm thinking drafting plans. In theory giving it a start point and orientation it should be able to connect the dots no?

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12yr ago

ZUtA Labs

Maker

@ryanmarr hey Ryan, we're intending the printer for printing on really large formats, for architects and designers for example.

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12yr ago

The Breaking Point Newsletter

I really want to like this, and the robotics are cool, but I struggle to think of times I need to print something and have time & a flat surface to let this print for me. Anyone have some good anecdotes?

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12yr ago

ZUtA Labs

Maker

@sbyrnes hey Sean, we look at it as the 2015 printer. If you go and buy a printer today, you don't need the scanner or the fax and you don't want it to sit on half your desk taking up all the space. With all the world going mobile, our work life revolves around our mobile phone, so should the printer. In 2015 you want a printer that can print directly from your phone, on any size of paper, has a rechargeable battery and is light enough to be taken anywhere when you'd like to.

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12yr ago

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Hunter

Been waiting to order one of these since I first saw it. Excited to see that pre-ordering is now open. Have a feeling that every time I print I'll be watching this device do its' thing. @tuviae love to hear how you came up with the idea for this. what the plan is, where this is going...

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12yr ago

ZUtA Labs

Maker

@benln Hey Ben, sure. The idea came to my head when I was fed up of looking for a printer every time I needed to print. With my Smartphone I was always able to do all my work anywhere I was and anytime, but every time I needed to print- I had to wait till I got home or to the office. When I started thinking about creating a smaller printer, I noticed that printers have not been changed since basically the 90s, and that we don't need our printer to have a scanner or a fax, because we scan with our phone and don't really send a fax anymore... and the most important thing- the printer was just this ugly looking HUGE box sitting on my desk and jamming the paper when it prints... Regarding the future, the main things we're working on is making the printer even smaller & faster!

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12yr ago

FollowUp by AssetMule

This would be an awesome concept for a 3D printer. Maybe it could work as a mini drone that gathers material then flies it to the appropriate location to build the structure. Multiple drones could even work together.

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12yr ago

@duilen so futuristic :)

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12yr ago

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