What's New
- August 2020: AMBOTS is selected as one of the Top 20 Industry 4.0 Companies from 770 Startups from around the World by StartUs Insights
- July 2020: What Is “Swarm 3D Printing”? by Fabbaloo
- January 2020: AMBOTS is selected 3D Startup of 2019 by 3Dnatives
- December 2019: Edidiong Udofia's work on A New Method for 3D Printing Optics with Flexible Thermoplastic Polymerby 3Dprint.com
- July 2019: Feature Story Robots, Assemble! A New Path to Autonomous Mobile 3D Printing by Additive Manufacturing Magazine
- May 2019: Selected as The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week by General Electric
- March 2019: Cover Story The New Factory: Building a ‘Swarm’ of Mobile, Autonomous Robots by Research Frontiers of University of Arkansas
- November 2018: Microheater Array Powder Sintering (MAPS) is selected as one of the top 5 manufacturing technologies by the 2018 IET Innovation Awards committee
- April 2018: AMBOTS Inc. (www.ambots.net) is spun off from AM3 Lab
- December 2017: Nicholas Holt's paper "Microheater array powder sintering: A novel additive manufacturing process" is published by Journal of Manufacturing Processes
- November 2017: Nicholas Holt's paper "Fabrication and control of a microheater array for Microheater Array Powder Sintering" is published by The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- September 2017: Jace McPherson's paper "A Chunk-based Slicer for Cooperative 3D Printing" is Accepted by the Rapid Prototyping Journal
- September 2017: Dr. Zhou's part of a winning team to receive $687,161.00 from NSF to purchase a MicroCT scanner.
- August 2017: Dr. Zhou presents a paper "A Mobile 3D Printer for Cooperative 3D Printing" at the 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2017: Jason Steck presents a paper "A Floor Power Module for Cooperative 3D Printing" at the 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2017: Jace McPherson presents a paper "A Slicer and Simulator for Cooperative 3D Printing" at the 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2017: Jason Steck presents a paper "A Mobile Robot Gripper for Cooperative 3D Printing" at the 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2017: Nicholas Holt presents a paper "Microheater Array Powder Sintering: A Novel Additive Manufacturing Process" at the 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2017: Nicholas Holt presents a paper "Fabrication and Control of a Microheater Array for Microheater Array Powder Sintering" at the 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- May 2017: Dr. Zhou wins 2017 Rapid Prototyping Journal Literati Awards: his paper "Fabrication of conductive paths on a fused deposition modeling substrate using inkjet deposition" was selected as Outstanding Paper winner of the year by Rapid Prototyping Journal".
- May 2016: Dr. Zhou receives Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.
- April 2016: Dr. Zhou gives an invited talk at Kansas State University.
- April 2016: Dr. Zhou gives an short talk invited by Dr. Ismail Fidan at Tennessee Tech.
- March 2016: Dr. Zhou gives an invited talk at IEEE Ozark Section Meeting on Advances in 3D Printing.
- January 2016: Chao Sui and Mahsa Montazeri join the AM3 Lab as PhD students.
- September 2015: Dr. Zhou is awarded the 21st Century Professorship at the University of Arkansas.
- August 2015: Edidiong Udofia joins the AM3 Lab as a PhD student.
- August 2015: Dr. Zhou presents a paper "Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Multiple Droplet Interaction on Non-ideal Surfaces for Inkjet Deposition" at the 26th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2015: John Miers presents a paper "Inkjet Printing at Megahertz Frequency" at the 26th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2015: Austin Van Horn presents a paper "Design and Optimization of a High Temperature Microheater for Inkjet Deposition" at the 26th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- August 2015: Jiyu Cai presents a paper "4D Printing of Soft Robotic Facial Muscles" at the 26th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium.
- October 2014: Dr. Zhou receives international recognition of the Highly Commended Award for the 2013/14 Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the additve manufacturing category.
- September 2014: Dr. Zhou is interviewed by the Newswire at the University of Arkansas.
- August 2014: The AM3 Lab is founded.