Dedicated to Open Source

At Hydra Research we believe progress is a collaborative effort. We see emulation as a compliment. 

First, we feel we have some pretty good ideas, but we also believe others have some pretty good ideas as well. If we publish our development resources, it provides others with the opportunity to build on our ideas in ways we may never have thought of on our own.

Second, to stay competitive in an open source community where it is easy for others to quickly copy our products, innovation must be constant. In a sense open source keeps us from becoming lazy. We hope to never fall victim to stagnant iterative updates to our products and technologies.

Ensuring Customer Success

It is one thing to produce great hardware, but if the user struggles to use it you’ve wasted your time.

At Hydra Research we want to provide you not just with great hardware, but also with services and consulting to make sure you succeed with you additive manufacturing goals. This means you can have access to our expertise and keep peace of mind knowing we stand behind our hardware.

Origins

My name is John and I am the Founder of Hydra Research, LLC. I began as a physics undergraduate student with a passion for making and designing things. I became extremely interested in 3D printing after acquiring a LulzBot Mini and Prusa i3 MK2. I began a 3D printing service via 3D Hubs. This meant I was doing a great deal of printing, I began to see ways I could contribute to and improve the technology. I set out to do just that, founding Hydra Research at the end of 2016!