The Designer of OTSAW's Camello Last-Mile Delivery Robot Praises 3D Printing for Rapid Iteration
Yasuhide “Yasu” Yokoi praises the Ultimaker S3 for helping him bring the attractive autonomous delivery robot to life.
Design and technology house Final Aim and robotics specialist OTSAW Digital have jointly developed an autonomous delivery robot dubbed the Camello — and used an Ultimaker 3D printer in the design process.
"More than just cost-cutting, 3D printing has added value to my process," company co-founder Yasuhide “Yasu” Yokoi tells Ultimaker's David Roberson of his use of the technology, which replaced other prototyping methods including foam sculpting and clay modelling as Yokoi looked to iterate on the robot's design.
The designer singled out Ultimaker's S3 printer for particular praise. "The Ultimaker S3's double extrusion feature has [also] been essential to my everyday design applications," he explains to Roberson. "Together with Breakaway and PVA material, my printing experience has become exponentially more efficient. I am deeply satisfied with the resulting quality as it leaves behind no support structure remaining."
The resulting robot is tailored for accessibility and intuitive use, along with the aesthetics of its swooping modern curves. Key to getting there, Yokoi claims, was the speed with which scale prototyping could take place — something only allowed by 3D printing.
The finished Camello robot, meanwhile, is being provided by OTSAW under a robot-as-a-service model for last-mile delivery. "RaaS allows you to enjoy a state-of-the-art quality service and a seamless customer experience from setup to deployment and operations," the company claims. "Your contract includes setup, training, maintenance, and software updates to make sure your OTSAW device is always at top performance at all-times."
More details on the Camello are available on the OTSAW website, while Yokoi's interview with Roberson has been published on the Ultimaker website.