It was an excellent week at #AMUG2016 and this moment was certainly one of the most special.
Chuck Hull, inventor of Stereolithography, signing Realize President Todd Reese’s Dino award.
Realize is currently enjoying all that AMUG 2016 (The Additive Manufacturing Users Group) has to offer but we are also feeling very honored this morning. Last night our BB8 prototype landed a runner up trophy in the Advanced Finishing contest. Congrats to our team and all the hard work that went into creating the Star Wars robot. We didn’t win first prize but the entries this year were all so amazing it’s hard to feel bad about it. We are just appreciative to be working and creating with the best in our industry. Our President, Todd Reese was on hand to accept the prestigious Dino Award. As a company, we feel this is one of the the best awards to receive in our industry and we are both humbled and appreciative to be honored by AMUG in this category.
The Distinguished INnovator Operator (DINO) Award is AMUG’s most prestigious honor. It is bestowed upon those with the highest levels of additive manufacturing expertise and a willingness to share that knowledge through contributions to AMUG, its members and the industry it represents.
We will have a full report on all the sights and sounds of AMUG 2016 next week.
Realize will be making our way to AMUG 2016 this week. We are looking for the three-peat! Our team won both times we entered into the Advanced Finishing contest. Klarg took home the prize in 2015 and this year we are entering something super galactic hoping for the victory. Good luck Realize team!
Exciting times. We have the backdrop of our Realize TV set ready to go. Thanks to the Realize team for making it look so nice. Informative videos about all things Realize and the additive manufacturing industry will be coming your way via Realize TV starting in April!
Realize is a sponsor of the Tiger Dynasty Robotics Club at Fishers High School. Tiger Dynasty’s focus is developing student’s skills in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, marketing, and design while also developing leadership and communication skills that students will carry with them into college and their professional lives. The team is committed to maintaining a student leadership structure of the team to help foster leadership opportunities for the students. The robotics team at FHS fosters an environment for students to truly discover their career interests with expert mentors from the fields to guide them along their way. Team 5010 provide chances for the students of Fishers High School to practice, apply, and see in action the science and math the students learn every day at school. It provides students reason to continue learning and pursue fields that they are interested in. Tiger Dynasty helps guide and show students through the complete process from the conception of ideas to making their ideas a reality, showing them of what they are truly capable of doing.
“We operate as a part of the FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) organization under the FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition) program. As a team, we compete head-to-head against high schools from all around the state and even the world. Every year, NASA and Disney partner up with the FIRST program to come up with a game for our robots to compete in. From there, we have 6 weeks to build a robot from scratch to compete in these competitions.”
Realize is a proud sponsor of FHS Robotics by way of providing Somos NeXt parts which Alex states were an integral part of the drive train they created.
“The drive train design we desired would not had been possible without the help of Realize Inc. This year, the game will be particularly brutal on robots. It involves a lot of traversing over uneven ground, something which a standard set of wheels would not had been able to handle. We decided this year to design a tank tread drive train with suspension from the ground up. The robotics supplier where we typically get our parts does carry a pair of treads, but they were priced at nearly $200 a piece. Instead, we decided to go with a timing belt like you would find on your car, saving us nearly $300 alone. From there, we designed a system around the belt to fit our needs. Because we were doing a 100% custom drive train, many of the parts we would need to get the robot to work did not exist. Thankfully, Realize Inc. was able to help us out. Realize was able to print out our custom parts to fit the track of our desire. These parts comprise of about 90% of both the suspension and tension system. Without those parts, our team would not had been able to complete this drive train of our desire.”
3D Printing/Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing