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• Last week, North America’s premier 3D printing trade show, RAPID+TCT 2026, came to Boston. I spent two days trekking the show floor, trying to see as much as I could,...
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Last week, North America’s premier 3D printing trade show, RAPID+TCT 2026, came to Boston. I spent two days trekking the show floor, trying to see as much as I could, from new machine releases and software integrations to partnership announcements and more. I’ll break down more of my discussions later, but for today, I wanted to quickly share some of the coolest, and the craziest, things I saw at RAPID.
Modular Quadruped Centaur
We’ll start with a little nightmare fuel—the modular quadruped Centaur by PANAM in Space, though I prefer to call him a next-generation Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Please tell me this isn’t the freakiest thing you’ve ever seen on four legs. But wait! It also comes apart to form two two-legged demon robots! The back end is the Centaur’s power supply, so if it’s r