ROBO 3D is among the most popular 3D printers on the US market. Its origins date back to February, 2013, when its creators received nearly $650,000 from their Kickstarter campaign. The project was ultimately a success, with all 3D printers getting to their backers, and ROBO 3D’s career exploded, making them one of the better known brands in the world of low-budget 3D printers.
Although ROBO 3D is well known in its homeland, in Europe, the company is not as recognizable as the Dutch Ultimaker, Polish Zortrax, or fellow American MakerBot. However, this may soon change from two reasons: first of all, at the beginning of this year ROBO 3D established its official European division – 3D ROBO Europe, based in London, UK. Second of all, the company signed a huge distribution deal with ABC Data – one of the biggest IT distributors in Europe. Thanks to the, ROBO 3D’s products will hit the markets in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
ABC Data will sell through its channels Robo 3D’s flagship 3D printer, the R1. This device has a pretty big working area of 25 x 22 x 20.3 cm (9.8′ x 8.7′ x 8′), covered with the company’s characteristic large, white plastic housing. It is equipped with a heated bed, auto-calibration, and is able to 3D print with almost every filament on the market. ROBO 3D is very user friendly and is ideal for 3D printing amateurs, home users, or in schools.
But growing the sale of its 3D printers is only one aspect of ROBO 3D Europe’s operations. The company provides training for individuals and companies eager to enter the 3D printing world with the R1 printer. The company’s newly designed electronics will soon replace the previous Arduino / RAMPS. ROBO 3D claims that their electronics are among the most advanced on the market, and will share more details about them in the near future. And, finally, a new modernized version of the R1 model will arrive and, potentially, bring awareness of the brand to a level rivaling its previously more well-known counterparts.
