R&D division of Native Medica

From algorithm
to physical
object

We build end-to-end systems that bridge artificial intelligence and physical fabrication — from scanning a real-world object to its parametric CAD model, from an evolutionary algorithm to a finished 3D print.

Domain
AI FAB
Stack
100% Linux
Code
Open Source
Method
Maker·R&D
01What we do

Native Research is where machine intelligence meets the workshop.

We work across the full loop: perception → reasoning → geometry → fabrication. A point cloud becomes a parametric solid; a stress field becomes a lattice; a slicer learns a new kind of printer; an agent runs the experiment overnight.

Everything is built and validated on our own infrastructure and print farm — hypothesis, prototype, real object. We publish what we can as open source.

PARENTNative Medica · Bologna
FOCUSAI · CAD · additive mfg
FARMFDM + belt printers
COMPUTElocal GPU · RTX class
LICENSEopen where possible
02Research tracks
// 3D · ML

Reverse engineering

From scans & point clouds to clean, parametric STEP. Section analysis, primitive-free reconstruction, ML-assisted CAD recovery.

// FAB

Advanced additive mfg

Belt printing, multi-material toolchanging and FEM-driven structural infill — pushing slicers and hardware past their defaults.

// AGENTS

Autonomous systems & vision

Evolutionary coding agents, local vision-language perception of design tools, persistent situational-awareness assistants.

// CAD

AI-piloted CAD

Driving real CAD engines programmatically across a networked farm — sketches, extrudes and assemblies generated and verified by machines.

// ROBOTICS

Robotics & automation

RTK-GPS autonomous machines, home & lab automation, reviving orphaned hardware with open firmware.

// INFRA

Context & tooling

Persistent context graphs, semantic code indexing and the operational glue that lets long-running R&D actually compound.

03Selected projects
AlphaEvolveactive

Autonomous evolutionary coding system for PLY to STEP reconstruction via section analysis.

evolutionary · MAP-Elites · CAD
ORCA_BELTactive

Belt-printer fork of OrcaSlicer — inclined-gantry geometry, gravity-aware supports.

slicer · belt printing
Katana3Ddev

Partitioning large models across a heterogeneous print farm to minimise makespan.

scheduling · DAG · FDM
FEM-Printactive

Stress-aware lattice infill — FEM fields drive strut radius for strength-to-weight.

FEM · lattice · CalculiX
SauronsEyeactive

Local VLM perception layer feeding machine-parsable descriptions of GUI design apps.

vision · VLM · local
Scan2Stepresearch

3D scans (STL/OBJ/PLY) to parametric STEP using ML and CadQuery.

reverse eng · CadQuery
klipper-bmcudev

Native multi-filament changer driver for Klipper via the Happy Hare framework.

klipper · MMU · firmware
openmower_landroiddev

Converting a consumer robot mower to RTK-GPS autonomous navigation.

robotics · RTK · ROS
LightReverseresearch

Real-time 3D scan to NURBS/STEP via projector-camera structured-light feedback.

structured light · NURBS
3.5Lab log
2026-06-01

Native Research website goes live

First public one-pager deployed to Netsons hosting and served over HTTP. Dark maker/hacker theme on the brand palette, with research tracks and a live project index. DNS A record for the apex added; AutoSSL pending certificate issuance.

2026-06-01

Autonomous content pipeline online

The site now rebuilds and republishes itself. A daily job collects project manifests and session log entries, regenerates the page, and deploys it to the hosting docroot over FTPS — no manual steps. HTTPS is live with an issued certificate.

04How we work
A.

Open by default

Research and tooling published as open source wherever licensing allows, so others can build on it.

B.

Local-first & Linux

Self-hosted compute, on-prem models and a fully Linux stack — data and experiments stay in-house.

C.

Algorithm to atom

Nothing counts until it exists as a real object on the bench. The print is the proof.