@seysconstantijn Hi Seys, great question. Once my co-founder Azam and I had the initial concept, we made the first prototype and took our ideas to Josh Harris at Bolt. Josh helped us with the industrial design. Once we were satisfied with the design - we were looking for a small footprint with a lot of functionality - we went to Shenzhen, China and worked with Dragon Innovation. Dragon really helped us with doing a complete product teardown and analysis to make it more compact and cost effective. They helped us with sourcing components and lining up the supply chain. They are experts in hardware development and also helped with areas that we are not very familiar with - for instance customs and shipping logistics - it was great to have Dragon's help and guidance with Makerarm. The prototypes made in Shenzhen have been tested for months and we have incorporated user feedback to make them even better!

@missflagg Hi Sarah, great question! Auto-leveling was a top priority for us since so many of us have had trouble with manually leveling 3D printers. This has been a major paint point in 3D printing technology so we decided to solve this problem when we set out to design Makerarm. We developed a system where a probe on the tip of the arm measures the height of the work surface at different points and creates a 'digital map' of the surface. It then stores this map and follows the 'contour' or 'slope' of the surface while working. It's useful in applications where a flat, level and aligned surface is required such as 3D printing, CNC/PCB Milling etc. Now with the autoleveling capability, Makerarm can print/work on any flat surface (tabletop/desktop/glasstop etc.) and you never have to manually level anything.