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Bom for Sidekick: A Low-Cost Open-Source 3D-printed liquid dispensing robot

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

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Cad for A high performance open-source syringe extruder optimized for extrusion and retraction during FRESH 3D bioprinting

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

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Cad for A Low-Cost, Open-Source 3D Printer for Multimaterial and High-Throughput Direct Ink Writing of Soft and Living Materials

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

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Cad for Commit: Digital pipette: open hardware for liquid transfer in self-driving laboratories

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

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Cad for Development and implementation of a significantly low-cost 3D bioprinter using recycled scrap material

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

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Cad for Principles of computer-controlled linear motion applied to an open-source affordable liquid handler for automated micropipetting

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

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Cad for Sidekick: A Low-Cost Open-Source 3D-printed liquid dispensing robot

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

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Documentation for A Low-Cost, Open-Source 3D Printer for Multimaterial and High-Throughput Direct Ink Writing of Soft and Living Materials

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

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Documentation for Commit: Digital pipette: open hardware for liquid transfer in self-driving laboratories

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

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Documentation for Melt Electrowriting of Nylon‐12 Microfibers with an Open‐Source 3D Printer

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

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Documentation for Open-source personal pipetting robots with live-cell incubation and microscopy compatibility

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

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Documentation for Sidekick: A Low-Cost Open-Source 3D-printed liquid dispensing robot

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

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Firmware for Principles of computer-controlled linear motion applied to an open-source affordable liquid handler for automated micropipetting

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

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Firmware for Sidekick: A Low-Cost Open-Source 3D-printed liquid dispensing robot

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

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Pcb for Sidekick: A Low-Cost Open-Source 3D-printed liquid dispensing robot

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

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Schematics for Development and implementation of a significantly low-cost 3D bioprinter using recycled scrap material

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

software1 papers1 tools

Software for A high performance open-source syringe extruder optimized for extrusion and retraction during FRESH 3D bioprinting

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

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Software for A Low-Cost, Open-Source 3D Printer for Multimaterial and High-Throughput Direct Ink Writing of Soft and Living Materials

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

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Software for Principles of computer-controlled linear motion applied to an open-source affordable liquid handler for automated micropipetting

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