3D Printed Titanium Bugs

‘Bugs� by Eleanor Gates-Stuart

Titanium Bugs Collection to Collective

3D Printing Research Using Insects from the Australian National Insect Collection

Titanium - 4 cm

Selecting Insects from the Collection

Real Insect to Virtual Insect - 3D model

Micro CT Scanning @ CSIRO

Drishti Image by Sherry Mayo

Weevil rendered in Drishti

3D Maya Concept

3D Mesh & Scan by Chuong Nguyen

Wire-Frame Model for Conversion to 3D Printing

First Prototypes

Titanium Surface with Blue Light

Titanium Insect Surface

Yellow Light

Blue Light

Weevils

Long Horn Beetle

Insect Concept Development & Direction - Eleanor Gates-Stuart Quantitative Imaging, 3D Scanning - Chuong Nguyen X-Ray Imaging and Tomography - Sherry Mayo Titanium Manufacturing - Chad Henry Titanium Production - Vinay Tyagi

CSIRO Science • Art • Technology

Australian National Insect Collection, Mathematics, Informatics & Statistics, Future Manufacturing Contact: eleanor.stuart@csiro.au