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——Bring the Magic Box Home
SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ELEGOO, a rapidly developing brand in global smart manufacturing, today launches Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, which is positioned as a family-friendly multicolor 3D printer aimed at bringing professional printing performance accessible to beginners, hobbyists or professionals at home, helping them to transform creativity into instant reality.
Key Features & Highlights
- 4-Color Printing with CANVAS System
Designed with everyday households in mind, the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo makes multicolor 3D printing truly accessible through ELEGOO's intelligent CANVAS system. It enables smooth, automatic color switching with instant filament loading, built-in filament backup, and tangle prevention, eliminating the complexity typically associated with multicolor printing. With RFID-based filament detection, CANVAS automatically identifies material types and recommends optimal settings. This allows beginners, hobbyists, and experienced makers alike to print confidently without extensive setup or technical knowledge.
- One-Click Calibration and Smart Monitoring
With automatic calibration and auto-leveling powered by 19 integrated smart sensors in the main body as well as filament detection powered by 12 sensors in the CANVAS system. These built-in sensing and prevention systems reduce manual adjustments and common errors, enabling a smooth, one-click workflow from start to finish—ideal for first-time users and shared household use.
- Quiet, Intuitive, and Home-Friendly Design
Operating at just 45 dB, the printer runs quietly enough for living rooms, home offices, garages, or shared creative spaces without interrupting daily life. A responsive 5-inch capacitive touchscreen with smartphone-like interaction and 11-language support makes it easy for different family members to use the printer for education, creative hobbies, and practical household projects.
- Wide Material Support for Everyday and Advanced Needs
Advanced temperature control, an enclosed chamber with a thermal cover, and an auto-controlled smart grille ensure stable printing across a wide range of materials. A robust cooling system and a 350 °C hardened steel nozzle enable reliable, hassle-free printing of wide range materials—from basic to advanced options like PETG and fiber-reinforced filaments—for applications ranging from everyday practical items to engineering projects.
- Integrated Ecosystem for a Streamlined Workflow
The ELEGOO ecosystem connects model discovery, slicing, and remote control through Nexprint, ELEGOOSlicer, and the MATRIX App, making it easy for families to explore ideas, prepare files, and manage printing from anywhere at home.
Together, these features position the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo as a truly family-friendly multicolor 3D printer, designed to serve diverse users and everyday creative scenarios at home.It represents the shift of a significant step forward in the democratization of 3D printing—bringing 3D printer closer to every household.
Pricing, Specs and Availability
Centauri Carbon 2 Combo's retail price is set at $ 449 USD, € 439 EUR, £ 339 GBP, $ 619 CAD, $ 999 AUD and ￥79,999 JPY. Buyers can now place orders at ELEGOO's official website where available shipping countries include USA, Canada, European Union, Australia and Japan.
| Build Volume | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Max. Heated Bed Temperature | 110℃ |
| Net Weight | 19.35 kg | Max. Nozzle Temperature | 350℃ |
| Product Size (Combo) | 500 × 480 × 743 mm | Recommended Filament | PLA/PETG/ABS/ASA/PLA-CF |
| Printing Speed | Max 500 mm/s | Supported File Formats | STL, OBJ, 3MF, STEP |
For full specs and product details, please visit ELEGOO's official website.
About ELEGOO
Founded in 2015, ELEGOO is a rapidly developing brand in the global smart manufacturing industry, specializing in R&D, manufacturing, and sales of consumer-grade 3D printers, laser engravers, STEM kits, and other smart technology products. Located in Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of China, the company has sold millions of products across more than 100 countries and regions. In 2025, the company's total sales revenue surpassed 300 million USD, with more than 1000 employees and over 40,000 square meters of office and manufacturing area. With a focus on programming and 3D printing technology, ELEGOO provides unique and smart creation spaces for diverse consumers to enhance personalized experiences.
For more information, please visit ELEGOO and social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, TikTok, Discord and Reddit.
——Bring the Magic Box Home
SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ELEGOO, a rapidly developing brand in global smart manufacturing, today launches Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, which is positioned as a family-friendly multicolor 3D printer aimed at bringing professional printing performance accessible to beginners, hobbyists or professionals at home, helping them to transform creativity into instant reality.
Key Features & Highlights
- 4-Color Printing with CANVAS System
Designed with everyday households in mind, the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo makes multicolor 3D printing truly accessible through ELEGOO's intelligent CANVAS system. It enables smooth, automatic color switching with instant filament loading, built-in filament backup, and tangle prevention, eliminating the complexity typically associated with multicolor printing. With RFID-based filament detection, CANVAS automatically identifies material types and recommends optimal settings. This allows beginners, hobbyists, and experienced makers alike to print confidently without extensive setup or technical knowledge.
- One-Click Calibration and Smart Monitoring
With automatic calibration and auto-leveling powered by 19 integrated smart sensors in the main body as well as filament detection powered by 12 sensors in the CANVAS system. These built-in sensing and prevention systems reduce manual adjustments and common errors, enabling a smooth, one-click workflow from start to finish—ideal for first-time users and shared household use.
- Quiet, Intuitive, and Home-Friendly Design
Operating at just 45 dB, the printer runs quietly enough for living rooms, home offices, garages, or shared creative spaces without interrupting daily life. A responsive 5-inch capacitive touchscreen with smartphone-like interaction and 11-language support makes it easy for different family members to use the printer for education, creative hobbies, and practical household projects.
- Wide Material Support for Everyday and Advanced Needs
Advanced temperature control, an enclosed chamber with a thermal cover, and an auto-controlled smart grille ensure stable printing across a wide range of materials. A robust cooling system and a 350 °C hardened steel nozzle enable reliable, hassle-free printing of wide range materials—from basic to advanced options like PETG and fiber-reinforced filaments—for applications ranging from everyday practical items to engineering projects.
- Integrated Ecosystem for a Streamlined Workflow
The ELEGOO ecosystem connects model discovery, slicing, and remote control through Nexprint, ELEGOOSlicer, and the MATRIX App, making it easy for families to explore ideas, prepare files, and manage printing from anywhere at home.
Together, these features position the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo as a truly family-friendly multicolor 3D printer, designed to serve diverse users and everyday creative scenarios at home.It represents the shift of a significant step forward in the democratization of 3D printing—bringing 3D printer closer to every household.
Pricing, Specs and Availability
Centauri Carbon 2 Combo's retail price is set at $ 449 USD, € 439 EUR, £ 339 GBP, $ 619 CAD, $ 999 AUD and ￥79,999 JPY. Buyers can now place orders at ELEGOO's official website where available shipping countries include USA, Canada, European Union, Australia and Japan.
Build Volume
256 × 256 × 256 mm
Max. Heated Bed Temperature
110℃
Net Weight
19.35 kg
Max. Nozzle Temperature
350℃
Product Size (Combo)
500 × 480 × 743 mm
Recommended Filament
PLA/PETG/ABS/ASA/PLA-CF
Printing Speed
Max 500 mm/s
Supported File Formats
STL, OBJ, 3MF, STEP
For full specs and product details, please visit ELEGOO's official website.
About ELEGOO
Founded in 2015, ELEGOO is a rapidly developing brand in the global smart manufacturing industry, specializing in R&D, manufacturing, and sales of consumer-grade 3D printers, laser engravers, STEM kits, and other smart technology products. Located in Shenzhen, the Silicon Valley of China, the company has sold millions of products across more than 100 countries and regions. In 2025, the company's total sales revenue surpassed 300 million USD, with more than 1000 employees and over 40,000 square meters of office and manufacturing area. With a focus on programming and 3D printing technology, ELEGOO provides unique and smart creation spaces for diverse consumers to enhance personalized experiences.
For more information, please visit ELEGOO and social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, TikTok, Discord and Reddit.
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ELEGOO Launches Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, a Family-Friendly Multicolor 3D Printer
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2025, KnowMade, a globally renowned intellectual property (IP) research firm under Yole Group, released its LiDAR for Automotive Patent Landscape Analysis 2025, recognizing Hesai as a leader in the global lidar industry. In the report, Hesai ranks first among lidar companies in both total patent holdings and overall patent strength, and third globally behind Bosch and Waymo, underscoring the company's sustained technological innovation and established leadership in the lidar market.
From 2021 to 2025, Hesai has been leading the industry in total patent holdings, building a multi-country, multi-tiered patent network across key technologies, including lidar ASICs, optical systems, signal processing, and functional safety. As of November 2025, the company had accumulated a total of 2,071 granted patents and pending applications, maintaining the highest number lidar-related patents across key automotive and robotics markets worldwide.
Lidar IP Leadership 2021–2025: Hesai Ranks No.1 Among LiDAR Pure Players
Hesai's Extensive Patent Portfolio Set Global Trends in the Lidar Technology
Since July 2021, Hesai has filed over 920 patent applications, forming 558 patent families, including 400 new invention patents. This portfolio is underpinned by a clear vision built on two pillars. First, the company is establishing a global patent protection network across all major markets, leveraging multiple international mechanisms, including the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the U.S. patent system, and the European patent framework. Second, the company's patents cover the entire lidar value chain, from emission (VCSEL) and reception (SPAD/SiPM, APD) to system integration, while securing leading positions in segments such as anti-interference, 1550nm technology, MEMS, metasurfaces, and AI. This leadership is not merely quantitative but reflects a systematic, forward-looking technological approach that provides critical IP support for continuous product iteration and reinforces its competitiveness on a global scale.
Global Leader in Anti-Interference Patents
Driven by a strong focus on safety, anti-interference has become a core pillar of lidar reliability. KnowMade's report recognizes Hesai as the industry leader in this area, holding 33 anti-interference patent families that ensure dependable performance in complex real-world environments. The company's proprietary Intelligent Processing Engine (IPE) combines ultra-high-speed sampling at 24.6 billion times per second with intelligent filtering that removes over 99.9% of environmental noise. This significantly enhances perception accuracy under challenging conditions and enables reliable all-weather sensing regardless of lighting.
To further strengthen safety and detection reliability, Hesai has developed Addressable Photon Isolation (API) technology that enables independent control of each laser transmit and receive channel, mitigating blooming and ensuring high-precision point clouds even in challenging weather scenarios such as rain or fog.
Core Components Developed 100% In-House, Leading the Industry with Total SPAD/SiPM Patents
Additionally, Hesai also ranks first globally in patent holdings across three core lidar components: SPAD/SiPM detectors, VCSEL emitters, and APD detectors. In the SPAD/SiPM segment, the company's patent portfolio is twice as much of the second-ranked company, Bosch, and up to forty times larger than those of other industry peers.
After four generations of ASIC platform development, Hesai is the only lidar company in the world to develop all seven core components in-house, including its laser transmitter, receiver, driver, TIA, ADC, digital signal processor, and controller. Sixteen of Hesai's in-house developed ASICs have received AEC-Q automotive qualification, with total deliveries reaching 185 million units, ranking no.1 in the lidar industry globally.
Leading the World in Lidar Patent Strength
"Patent strength" reflects a combination of factors, including the number of granted patents, forward citations, geographic coverage, and active patent families. The report names Hesai a world leader not only in patent quantity but also in overall patent strength. The company's patent portfolio features a strength index of 2,549, an average family strength of 4.57, and a technological impact factor of 0.20, ranking third globally behind Bosch and Waymo.
In 2025, Hesai achieved a landmark year, delivering over 1.6 million lidar units, including 1.4 million lidars for ADAS and over 200,000 units for the robotics market. The company's cumulative deliveries surpassed 2 million units in November, making Hesai the first lidar company worldwide to reach this achievement.
At CES 2026, Hesai announced plans to double its annual production capacity to 4 million units and the construction of a new factory in Thailand. The company also established a strategic partnership with Nvidia to advance large-scale deployment of L4 autonomous driving, marking a major step forward in the company's global expansion.
Looking ahead to 2026, Hesai will maintain its focus on the automotive and robotics markets, advancing global smart mobility and embodied intelligence through continuous innovation and reliable large-scale production. As a critical "eye" for AI infrastructure, Hesai is dedicated to making safer, smarter perception capabilities a standard in the era of connected intelligence.
Read the full report here: https://www.knowmade.com/patent-analytics-services/patent-report/semiconductor-patent-landscape/sensing-imaging-patent-landscape/lidar-for-automotive-patent-landscape-analysis-2025/
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Hesai Ranks No.1 in the World for Lidar Patents by KnowMade
