机器人自行车公司(RBC)是在英国建立的新创业公司,由航空航天工程师和山地骑自行车的爱好者确定了将添加剂制造技术与碳纤维相结合的潜力,以自己的话语“成为可能的最佳自行车框架”。为了提供可定制的,轻巧,高强度自行车,RBC的框架旨在从碳纤维中创建,这是行业中很常见的材料。碳纤维管以及自行车的其他部件和系统将通过基于个体骑手的规格制造的橡皮花的钛“节点”加入。Altair ProductDesign’s engineering team was tasked with optimizing these joints, which included the head tube, seat post and chain stay lugs, to ensure they were as lightweight as possible and still able to withstand the forces of downhill mountain bike riding, all while being fit for the AM process.