July 24, 2014
Boston-based 3D printing startup NVBots, founded by MIT students, is seeking to raise $150,000 with a crowdfunding campaign on Fundable, allowing interested parties to help fund the adoption of the NVBots 3D printing solution. The company leases its NVPrinter, described as "the first of its kind, fully automated, cloud-connected 3D printer," to schools for between $3,000 and $5,000 a year.
NVBots showed off their 3D printer last year at the Nashville Mini Maker Faire. Over the past four months, the company has raised $850,000 seed funding from angel investors.
The NVBots 3D printer allows users to easily share and operate their NVPrinters from any device. Users can print wirelessly via the cloud - they can submit a file, tailor the job to desired specs and monitor remotely. When a print job is complete, a robotic arm automatically removes the part to make room for the next print job, so you can queue up projects from multiple users. In addition, NVPrinter's built-in camera lets you monitor your prints remotely from any device. Administrators can approve and arrange the printing queue via NVPrinter's management system.
NVBots was founded by graduates AJ Perez, Forrest Pieper, Mateo Pena Doll and Chris Haid. "At NVBots, we feel most 3D printing processes are far too cumbersome, prohibiting widespread adoption of a technology that will have an enormous impact on both education and business," said NVBots CEO AJ Perez. The company has the goal of bringing NVBots 3D printers to 30 schools this fall and ultimately have 100 in use by the end of this year.
NVBots offers the following lease packages:
Educational:
- $2,999/year Starter - $300/Administrator, filament $70/kg, unlimited users, full service, total access to content
- $4,999/year Unlimited plan - unlimited administrators, filament, users, full service, total access to content
Commercial:
- $5,999/year Starter: $600/Administrator, filament $90/kg, $50/user, full service, total access to content
- $8,999/year Unlimited plan - unlimited administrators, filament, users, full service, total access to content
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70 kg WOW what a rip off
M wrote at 7/24/2014 7:31:07 PM:
^I agree, this is insanely priced. Just paying the base fee for the printer is expensive, but to charge that per year is crazy! This is just shameful.
Bri wrote at 7/24/2014 2:01:05 PM:
Nice to see another company trying to rip schools and taxpayers off.
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