Roadmap
Where atoms.earth is going, in four phases, and what each one lets you build. The dates are targets we hold ourselves to, not promises; when they move, this page moves with them, and the change log at the bottom says why.
2026 to 2028
The model learns from every build
For hobbyists, prototypes and educationWhat you can build
- Single-material parts up to 30 cm: brackets, enclosures, grips, jigs, replacement parts from a photo.
- Small machined aluminium (up to 5 × 5 cm) where a part carries load.
- Electromechanical assemblies from stocked parts: stepper motors, sensors, Raspberry Pi and ESP32 boards, two-layer PCBs.
- Classroom kits: a design becomes a class set, with the bill of materials as the lesson.
What changes under the hood
- Every part we ship is measured, and every remake is logged. The design model retrains on outcomes, not just drawings, so the same prompt gets a better part each quarter.
- Prices come from live stock, not a rate card, so a quote is a commitment.
- Designs can be licensed to other customers, with 10% of each build going to the designer.
How we’ll know it’s working: first-time-right rate (a part ships and isn’t remade) at 90% by the end of 2027, and median prompt-to-doorstep from nine days to five. What it won’t do yet: sellable products at volume, radios, exotic alloys, or anything that must never fail.
2028 to 2030
Serious products
For companies and consumersWhat you can build
- New alloys: 316 stainless, titanium (Ti-6Al-4V), brass and copper, with the metal envelope growing from 5 cm to 20 cm.
- Software-defined radio. A product can be a radio: LoRa telemetry, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, sub-GHz sensor networks, GNSS. Pre-certified modules first; our own RF front-ends once we can test them.
- Batches of 10 to 1,000 with packaging, a generated manual and a warranty. Certification (CE, FCC, UKCA) offered as a service on the same bill of materials.
What changes under the hood
- Design for manufacture becomes explicit: the model knows the cost of a tolerance and proposes the cheapest one that meets the spec.
- A product carries its own test procedure; every unit in a batch is tested against it before it ships.
How we’ll know: the first product designed from a prompt to carry a CE or FCC mark, and the share of business customers who order twice. What it won’t do yet: mains voltage, or safety-critical parts.
2030 to 2032
Atoms from the earth
Cheaper than importing, for basic productsWhat you can build
- Everyday parts where shipping and packaging are most of the price: brackets, housings, fixtures, hand tools, appliance spares, made near where they’re used.
- Glass and ceramic parts from local silica and clay; iron and aluminium from regional scrap and ore; biopolymers from plant matter.
What changes under the hood
- Regional feedstock sites turn ground into stock. A part’s page states what share of its mass came from within 500 km.
- Material properties are measured per batch and fed back into the model, because local material varies.
How we’ll know: a catalogue of everyday parts at or below retail price, made mostly from local matter. What it won’t do yet: semiconductors from local sand (that’s a fab), or rare-earth magnets.
2032 to 2043
Engineering from a prompt
Advanced mechanical and electrical designWhat you can build
- Gearboxes and actuators designed to a duty cycle, custom motors, multilayer PCBs with RF front-ends, closed-loop control with the firmware written and tested.
- Whole appliances and instruments, not just parts.
What changes under the hood
- Fault tolerance means zero unverified designs: every part ships with a machine-checked argument that it meets its loads, thermals and emissions, and every field failure traces back to a design decision that gets fixed for everyone.
- Human engineering review becomes an audit, not a gate.
How we’ll know: warranty claim rate, and the share of designs an independent engineer accepts without changes.
2043 and on
Anything, from what’s under your feet
Three-dimensional printing of any object from local atoms, and four-dimensional: objects designed to change shape, stiffness or function over time. At that point atoms.earth stops being a workshop and becomes infrastructure, closer to a utility than a company.
What this means for you now
Start with the small things: a bracket, a grip, a fixture. Every build you approve teaches the model, and every design you license earns you 10% of each build for as long as people make it. The people building brackets in 2026 are the ones whose designs the model knows best in 2030.
Change log
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | First public version of this roadmap. |