Design and manufacturing system "Chemputer" that makes "drown" grow "like a science fiction film by chemical reaction

We have developed a rocket engine that forms the core of the UK defense, information security, aerospace, and flying to the back of the earth at 5 times the speed of sound"Reaction Engines"BAE Systems, a major UK air defense company that invested over 20 million pounds (about 2,730 million yen), chemically synthesized when a liquid material was output from a special 3D printer, and drone (unmanned Aircraft: UAV) to self-join into the shape of "Growing droneMovie showing the concept of "We are publishing a movie.

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You can see how one drone is generated from a liquid material from the animation movie below.

Growing UAVs Through Chemistry - YouTube


In future military actions, BAE Systems expects a new type of aircraft that can be designed in a short period of time and manufactured in real time to counter the threat of emerging empires.


The unique system called "Chemputer" that scientists can manufacture drone just by choosing from the display is conceived there.


When you select the required drone, the button "Synthesis and self-join" was pressed.


Then a huge 3D printer started operating in the manufacturing room.


Instead of outputting a solid like a conventional 3D printer, only the "liquid component" that is the source of the drone was output. It looks like a movie terminator "Liquid metal".


The output liquid is encouraged by a chemical reaction, and it combines with the surrounding "parts".



At the same time the necessary foundation for the drones was created quickly ... ...


Liquid parts began to gather around the foundation.


The liquid gets rigid, and finally to the figure of the drones that can fly.


Where the completed drones are being taken out. Looking at the people around you can see that it is a huge drone to allow a human to board a person.


It is carried on a belt conveyor, and if the engine is finally loaded, production of one drone is completed. It is a concept that can shorten the aircraft manufacturing period, which takes months to more than a year in the conventional manufacturing method, in as short as a few weeks.


If Chemputer realizes, it can support a wide range of military activities quickly and effectively.


The Chemputer is an idea like a science fiction movie that self-combines liquid parts, but it is still a developmental concept and has not been realized yet. Meanwhile, according to BBC News, military planes using parts of 3D printers are already in operation in the UK, and the military advantage of combining the field of 3D printers and aircraft manufacturing is obvious. Professor Lee Kroonin of the University of Glasgow, who is involved in the development of Chemputer said, "Although it is a very difficult attempt to manufacture compact machines with complex structures without human hands, the combination of material systems and chemistry is a digital programming It will be the industry's leading idea. "

Technologies such as 3D printers and drone are now being used in military all over the world, and the military facilities depend on unmanned bases, aircraft, underwater aircraft etc. that can be operated remotely. Drone pilot training is actively performed more frequently than the pilot of fighter aircraft in the US military, it is the latest fighter aircraftF35It is said that it is also called "last manned fighter aircraft". It seems that it will take a long time to realize, but the concept of Chemputer is an idea that can make us feel that technologies like the movie "Star Wars" will not become so far.

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