#3DStartup: Rosotics and the World’s Largest Metal 3D Printer

US-based startup Rosotics specializes in the development of 3D equipment, with a particular focus on metal additive manufacturing. Its goal? To offer manufacturers the largest metal 3D printer ever imagined on today’s market. Called the M1, this manufacturing platform offers impressive build volumes – ranging from two meters in diameter to 10 meters in height. It is capable of designing parts as imposing as fairings or tanks, meeting the requirements of sectors such as aerospace, maritime and energy. We spoke with its CEO, Christian LaRosa, to find out more about how this machine works and Rosotics’ ambitions.

3DN: Could you introduce yourself and Rosotics?

Hi, I’m Christian. I’m the CEO and Product Architect of Rosotics, a venture-backed industrial robotics and manufacturing R&D corporation developing and operating large-scale metal additive manufacturing systems for the production of massive structural hardware (such as the tanks, domes, fairings, and interstage of rockets). Our system, the M1, is deployed as the largest commercially available metal 3D printer in the world, serving in the aerospace, energy, and marine industries.

The Rosotics Team

3DN: Why did you decide to create Rosotics?

Rosotics was founded with the stated goal of enabling 3D printing’s usability as in heavy industry. Our industry, in small-scale, has advanced very rapidly in the past decade and has revolutionized how parts and components are manufactured. We believe that the large-scale segment as well must be able to access the capabilities of 3D printing, in the materials and performance thresholds it processes every day, and we developed a platform expressly to allow for that capability.