Xometry Produced Parts for Franka Robotics to Showcase Its Robots Capacities on Trade Shows

Go behind the scenes for the development of Torx: the combat robot built by Accu for FightFest 2026, with CNC machining support from Xometry. Explore the journey from the drawing board to the arena, showing how a combat robotics project takes shape, and see how Torx went on to win the official FightFest Championship trophy.

With Xometry, we have found a manufacturing partner that supports our development philosophy. The ability to quickly and precisely order small batches of parts gives us the freedom to iteratively improve our robots. This flexibility is essential to our innovation process.

We were pleasantly surprised by Xometry’s cost performance, production speed and product quality. We have encountered manufacturers with lower quoted prices before, but we gave up after initial contact.

Such suppliers end up costing far more time negotiating part details and following up on constant delivery delays, resulting in a much higher comprehensive cost in the end. Reliable quality control and fully traceable order progress greatly reduce communication overhead — this is our most genuine experience working with Xometry.

Xometry’s high-quality and fast delivery exceeded our original expectations. We inspected the components right after unboxing and were genuinely impressed. This was our first time using an on-demand manufacturing platform for custom production. The whole process was smooth with timely response. They solved our problems efficiently and removed all worries for our subsequent custom design work.

Team Arion, a student racing team from Singapore International School Hong Kong, used Xometry’s AI‑powered on‑demand manufacturing platform to overcome the hurdles of small‑batch, complex parts production, accelerated their design iterations, and went on to win the 2025 STEM Racing championship along with the Best Engineering Design Award.

Black Tea Motorbikes, a Munich-based startup founded in 2020, builds retro-inspired electric Café Racer motorcycles with production in Bavaria. With Xometry's sheet metal fabrication and CNC machining, they produce complex multi-bend frame components requiring tight design tolerances. Parts are ordered in small batches of 20 units, enabling flexible production scheduling and optimized cash flow.

Building a CNC machine from scratch is full of moments where you find out whether your design actually works, or whether it only worked inside CAD. In the world of custom machine building, the transition from a digital model to physical assembly is rarely seamless. This was one of those moments.

In the world of custom machine building, I’ve found there is a constant tug-of-war between theoretical performance and physical reality. As "The Practical Engineer," I dedicated this project to creating a 5-axis CNC machine that prioritizes rigidity over sheer speed.

Preparing for the 2026 Air Cargo Challenge, the Fly-Mi team is developing Heméra, a fixed-wing UAV designed for maximum payload transport. This project integrates advanced aerodynamics, structural FEM analysis, and precision-engineered aluminum tooling to create a twin-motor aircraft capable of reaching flight speeds of 35 m/s.

The HTL team from Austria overcame mass distribution and precision challenges to successfully build Cubli, a self-balancing cube powered by reaction wheels and control algorithms.

By using agile testing and redesigning a double-sided support to resolve motor deformation and calibration challenges, the TGM student team successfully turned 3D printing waste into high-quality PLA filament.

Through topology optimization, refined kinematics, and a custom steering system, the WUT Racing team from Warsaw University of Technology reduced the weight of key WUT-7 components by over 50%, bringing their ultra-lightweight design from concept to track via precision manufacturing.