Six-axis robotic extrusion of hybrid hydrogels for biomimetic airway model fabrication

Jennifer O, Larry A. Villasmil-Urdaneta, Perrin Woods, Riley Rohauer, Ahasan Habib, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology

Journal of Biomaterials Applications

Published online on January 31, 2026

Abstract

Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 201-220, August 2026.
Respiratory diseases remain a major global health burden, motivating the need for improved experimental lung models that capture both anatomical geometry and mechanical compliance. Traditional three-axis 3D printers face limitations in replicating the ...