About PrusaLab
At PrusaLab, we are testing how much 3D printing can change things when it is not just seen as a way to manufacture a single part, but as part of the entire development process.
We are the Prusa Research experimental workshop, combining expertise in printer and material development with design, electronics, prototyping, and digital manufacturing.
We verify on specific projects where 3D printing truly makes sense: when it accelerates development, simplifies production, enables new shapes, reduces the number of components or opens the way to a solution that would be more complex to create using other methods.
We are neither a conventional contract manufacturer nor an open workshop for every idea. We focus on projects where we can integrate 3D printing meaningfully, experimentally and in a broader context, from the first prototype through functional solutions to the validation of the production process.
We then pass on the experience from these projects to companies, creators, and projects that want to use 3D printing practically, rather than just for effect.
History of PrusaLab
PrusaLab was founded in 2018 as the open makerspace of Prusa Research. Josef Průša established it with the idea of offering the maker community a well-equipped facility bringing together 3D printers, a laser cutter, CNC machines, an electronics lab, a manual workshop, and people willing to share their experience. In its early years, it operated as a public workshop for members, workshops, and community projects.
The covid pandemic, however, significantly changed its direction: public operations ground to a halt and PrusaLab began to focus more on custom manufacturing, prototyping, and the development of specific projects. Out of this transformation gradually grew a hardware accelerator and a selective membership model, which made it possible to dedicate more capacity to a smaller number of meaningful projects.
Today's PrusaLab builds on this experience, but takes it further. Instead of a general makerspace, it has become an experimental development workshop that explores, tests and demonstrates new possibilities of 3D printing in practice through real-world projects.
