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24 alternatives to Bambu Lab R1

CO2 laser cutting with Bambu-style automation

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Piccolo▲85

    A tiny laser-cutting, CNC bot

    2014 · piccolo.cc · its alternatives →

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    Carvey▲70

    3D carving machine

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3
    Mellow▲151

    The robotic sous-chef for home cooks

    2014 · cookmellow.com · its alternatives →

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    A scanning LiDAR sensor

    2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Transformable wooden robots

    2015 · bamloff.com · its alternatives →

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    A new dimension in automatic image stitching

    2014 · cs.bath.ac.uk · its alternatives →

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    Contribute to tjltjl/plycutter development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GrabCAD▲99

    Helping mechanical engineers build great products faster

    2014 · grabcad.com · its alternatives →

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    Build Better Predictive Models — Faster

    2014 · datarobot.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Robots that clean your grill.

    2015 · grillbots.com · its alternatives →

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    Gourmet Hamburger-making Robots: The Next Gen of Fast Food

    2014 · ttoto99.com · its alternatives →

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    Flinto▲52

    Super easy tool for prototyping

    2014 · flinto.com · its alternatives →

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    Laser cutting of customized metal parts.

    2018 · laserboost.com · its alternatives →

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    beamo▲7

    Get a world’s smallest CO2 laser cutter starting from $799!

    2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Advanced 3D laser solutions for precise manufacturing.

    May 2026 · lasercutting-world.com · its alternatives →

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    Rapid wireframing tool

    2022 · balsamiq.com · its alternatives →

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    Pencil▲6

    An open-source prototyping tool avilable on all platforms

    2015 · pencil.evolus.vn · its alternatives →

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    A wireless robotic finger

    2015 · prota.info · its alternatives →

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    Parametric CAD that makes laser cutting design easy

    2025 · flexcut3d.com · its alternatives →

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    The Epilog Zing lasers were 50w desktop industrial lasers from circa 2010. They never had support outside of windows. This was based off of LibLaserCut which is a Java project that reverse engineered these machine's protocols. This is a CUPS driver implemented in Swift and C. Maybe this is a small example of AI doing something positive, like breathing new life into old machines :)

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fabrication-Ready Vectors for CNC & Laser in seconds.

    Dec 2025 · cuttora.com · its alternatives →

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    Tend.ai▲16

    Cloud robotics software for machine tending

    2016 · tend.ai · its alternatives →

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    Fully autonomous robot for mowing your lawn & snow removal.

    2017 · thekobi.com · its alternatives →

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