Why does this not exist yet?

  • squaresinger@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Yeah, a tattoo printer would have to be at least a 5 axis robot. Technically, that’s not a huge issue, and even pressure sensing or using machine vision to adjust the print aren’t that difficult to do.

    But even if it becomes a mass produced device, manufacturing costs for the robot part alone would be at least 3k-5k and then you will need a skilled operator to control that thing.

    So you are replacing a minimum wage tattoo artist with an expensive robot and an even more expensive robot operator.

    Doesn’t really make sense.