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Francesco De Stefano
Co-founder and CEO of Caracol, an Italian robotic large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) company based in Milan.
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Oct 6, 2026
A Vision for Robotic 3D Printing at Scale with Francesco De Stefano
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4:34Francesco De StefanoGUEST
I think, uh, the, the, the, the point was additive was born from, uh, the problems of traditional manufacturing, especially on m- on small to medium batches production.
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4:49Francesco De StefanoGUEST
And of course, the concept has always been how can we use the production of just-in-time distributed parts, uh, with, uh, digital logistics, for example, to enable production with lower cost to set up that production and lower, I would say, uh, problems in distributing this production and ship it all over the world.
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5:08Francesco De StefanoGUEST
It started with that, with that mission, and of course, it focused more on, you know, smaller parts at the beginning with a concept of a box.
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5:15Francesco De StefanoGUEST
Uh, I didn't wanna generalize it, but most of the 3D printers are a box with a head that moves typically on three axis.
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5:22Francesco De StefanoGUEST
And that was already a big, big innovation because w- instead of subtracting material, just to give an example of an alternative of how you could do it, or mold the material and then, uh, pure plastic in it and just mold out parts, you're just adding digitally layer on layer or on, on, on that part.
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Christian NoskeHOST
Um, how, how do you think about leadership, and how does it play a role here in managing that complexity, um, both in regional but also in technical?