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Records when the corpus mentions design files, BOMs, protocols, firmware, or similar artifacts.
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1038/s41598-021-00931-1); Bill of materials (Supplementary Data 1, xlsx): parts with product names and supplier links, no prices.
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1016/j.bprint.2025.e00425); Bill of materials with unit and total costs (Supporting Information, total 735.56 EUR including the Ender-3 V2).
all CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation available on GitHub under an open license | All CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation on GitHub (open license) | ScienceDirect HardwareX landing | Low-cost open-source 3D-printed armature-based liquid dispensing robot | HardwareX often includes complete design files + BOM; strong ‘open hardware’ fit. | https://github.com/rodolfokeesey/Liquid-Handler | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067222000645
CAD File, install guide | CAD files and install guide (HardwareX) | PMC full text | High-performance open-source syringe extruder for extrusion/retraction control in FRESH 3D bioprinting | Directly comparable to Replistruder—an open syringe/extrusion tool that enables better bioink handling. | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4119127 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00170
CAD files, Github - instructions and software | Wide range of inks/viscosities and curing chemistries, incl. cell-laden biological materials | PMC full text + DOI | Fully DIY (not retrofit) open-source 3D printer for multimaterial, high-throughput direct ink writing | Adjacent platform for living-material printing; include if you want broader DIW-living-materials tooling. | https://github.com/weiss-jonathan/Printess-Low-Cost-3D-Printer | https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adma.202414971
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1038/s41598-021-00931-1); Printer components, STL and STEP files (Supplementary Data 2): 28 STL/STEP files for the syringe tools, enclosure and calibration mounts.
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00855); Six SolidWorks part files (si_002): pipette head, holder, button, complete head assembly.
GitHub | Design files and documentation on GitHub | RSC article landing + DOI | Robot-mounted 3D-printed digital pipette for liquid transfer in self-driving labs | Open hardware for accurate liquid transfer in self-driving labs; reports accuracy within ISO 8655-2 permissible error. | https://github.com/ac-rad/digital-pipette-v2 | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/dd/d5dd00336a
GitHub, CAD files, assembly schematics | Frontiers methods article + DOI | Low-cost 3D bioprinter built from recycled scrap metal and off-the-shelf electronics; no 3D printer required to build it | Shows extreme cost-reduction approach; practical for access/democratization discussions. | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioengineering-and-biotechnology/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1108396/full
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1038/s41598-019-47475-z); Barrier module, flow module and alignment guide as STEP and STL (Supplementary Data 5).
Fully open‑source — CAD files, part lists, firmware, and GUI available online at website | Fully open-source -- CAD files, part lists, firmware, and GUI on project website | Sci Rep PDF/landing + DOI | Sci Rep landing + OTTO site | Open-source automated liquid handler (gantry-style) for micropipetting, e.g., qPCR sample prep | Not a bioprinter, but relevant open automation tool for biofabrication/bioprinting workflows. | Canonical open-source liquid handling robot paper; good baseline against newer modular tools like digital pipette. | https://openliquidhandler.com/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70465-5
all CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation available on GitHub under an open license | All CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation on GitHub (open license) | ScienceDirect HardwareX landing | Low-cost open-source 3D-printed armature-based liquid dispensing robot | HardwareX often includes complete design files + BOM; strong ‘open hardware’ fit. | https://github.com/rodolfokeesey/Liquid-Handler | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067222000645
CAD files, Github - instructions and software | Wide range of inks/viscosities and curing chemistries, incl. cell-laden biological materials | PMC full text + DOI | Fully DIY (not retrofit) open-source 3D printer for multimaterial, high-throughput direct ink writing | Adjacent platform for living-material printing; include if you want broader DIW-living-materials tooling. | https://github.com/weiss-jonathan/Printess-Low-Cost-3D-Printer | https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adma.202414971
GitHub | Design files and documentation on GitHub | RSC article landing + DOI | Robot-mounted 3D-printed digital pipette for liquid transfer in self-driving labs | Open hardware for accurate liquid transfer in self-driving labs; reports accuracy within ISO 8655-2 permissible error. | https://github.com/ac-rad/digital-pipette-v2 | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/dd/d5dd00336a
manual | Melt-electrowriting printer built on the open-source MEWron platform (a converted Voron 0.1 3D printer), with a heated flat or cylindrical collector for printing nylon-12 microfibres and tubes. | Extends open-source melt electrowriting beyond low-melting polymers such as PCL to nylon-12, producing well-defined fibres 33–95 µm in diameter on flat and tubular collectors. | https://github.com/EPFL-LMIS1/LMIS1_MEWron | https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202300424
GitHub and authors' website, instructions in paper | GitHub and authors' website; instructions in paper | Nature Comms landing; PHIL GitHub | Compact liquid handling robot for automated pipetting/aspiration during live-cell incubation and microscopy | Shows open hardware that integrates pipetting + incubation + imaging, closer to ‘robot-compatible’ liquid handling. | https://github.com/CSDGroup/PHIL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30643-7
all CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation available on GitHub under an open license | All CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation on GitHub (open license) | ScienceDirect HardwareX landing | Low-cost open-source 3D-printed armature-based liquid dispensing robot | HardwareX often includes complete design files + BOM; strong ‘open hardware’ fit. | https://github.com/rodolfokeesey/Liquid-Handler | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067222000645
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1007/s10439-024-03481-5); bIUreactor user manual (Supplement 4) and detailed methods with drawings (Supplement 2).
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1038/s41598-021-00931-1); Duet system files and macros (Supplementary Data 3): config.g, tool macros, Duet firmware binaries, Simplify3D profiles.
Fully open‑source — CAD files, part lists, firmware, and GUI available online at website | Fully open-source -- CAD files, part lists, firmware, and GUI on project website | Sci Rep PDF/landing + DOI | Sci Rep landing + OTTO site | Open-source automated liquid handler (gantry-style) for micropipetting, e.g., qPCR sample prep | Not a bioprinter, but relevant open automation tool for biofabrication/bioprinting workflows. | Canonical open-source liquid handling robot paper; good baseline against newer modular tools like digital pipette. | https://openliquidhandler.com/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70465-5
all CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation available on GitHub under an open license | All CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation on GitHub (open license) | ScienceDirect HardwareX landing | Low-cost open-source 3D-printed armature-based liquid dispensing robot | HardwareX often includes complete design files + BOM; strong ‘open hardware’ fit. | https://github.com/rodolfokeesey/Liquid-Handler | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067222000645
all CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation available on GitHub under an open license | All CAD, PCB, firmware, and documentation on GitHub (open license) | ScienceDirect HardwareX landing | Low-cost open-source 3D-printed armature-based liquid dispensing robot | HardwareX often includes complete design files + BOM; strong ‘open hardware’ fit. | https://github.com/rodolfokeesey/Liquid-Handler | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067222000645
GitHub, CAD files, assembly schematics | Frontiers methods article + DOI | Low-cost 3D bioprinter built from recycled scrap metal and off-the-shelf electronics; no 3D printer required to build it | Shows extreme cost-reduction approach; practical for access/democratization discussions. | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioengineering-and-biotechnology/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1108396/full
design files available on OSF website | Design files on OSF website | Open-source NFES system with GUI for programmable nanofiber patterning | https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GK6PC | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00691
CAD File, install guide | CAD files and install guide (HardwareX) | PMC full text | High-performance open-source syringe extruder for extrusion/retraction control in FRESH 3D bioprinting | Directly comparable to Replistruder—an open syringe/extrusion tool that enables better bioink handling. | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4119127 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00170
CAD files, Github - instructions and software | Wide range of inks/viscosities and curing chemistries, incl. cell-laden biological materials | PMC full text + DOI | Fully DIY (not retrofit) open-source 3D printer for multimaterial, high-throughput direct ink writing | Adjacent platform for living-material printing; include if you want broader DIW-living-materials tooling. | https://github.com/weiss-jonathan/Printess-Low-Cost-3D-Printer | https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adma.202414971
Published as supplementary information of the article (10.1038/s41467-022-34167-y); Program code (Supplementary Data 16): Python control of the Dorna robotic arm.
Fully open‑source — CAD files, part lists, firmware, and GUI available online at website | Fully open-source -- CAD files, part lists, firmware, and GUI on project website | Sci Rep PDF/landing + DOI | Sci Rep landing + OTTO site | Open-source automated liquid handler (gantry-style) for micropipetting, e.g., qPCR sample prep | Not a bioprinter, but relevant open automation tool for biofabrication/bioprinting workflows. | Canonical open-source liquid handling robot paper; good baseline against newer modular tools like digital pipette. | https://openliquidhandler.com/ | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70465-5