Project AME is the first fully functional, full-size 3D printed excavator in the world. We have been following Project AME's progress for nearly a year: AME stands for Additive Manufactured Excavator, and was developed as a joint collaboration between Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), several other agencies, and research teams of graduating engineering students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the University of Minnesota, and Georgia Tech. Project AME was funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), which supports development, applied research, and demonstration of new processes and materials for energy efficient manufacturing. The excavator, a prototype to demonstrate what's possible in terms of large-scale additive materials technologies, proved without a doubt that it is feasible to 3D print with metal alloys, and was finally unveiled and demonstrated yesterday at CONEXPO-CON/AGG (aptly themed Imagine What's Next) and IFPE 2017 in Las Vegas. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/167232/3d-printed...ator-unveiled/