Case Study: Atmos achieves up to 30x more efficient surveying with Materialise 3D printing

Meet the Marlyn Cobalt The 3D-Printed Drone Transforming the Surveying Industry

Atmos, a Dutch drone manufacturer that began as a student team in 2012, developed the Marlyn Cobalt — a 3D‑printed VTOL surveying drone designed to boost professional surveying efficiency and adapt quickly to changing regulations. To move from prototype to production and maintain the ability to iterate, Atmos partnered with Materialise for additive manufacturing, using Multi Jet Fusion and having Materialise print and finish roughly 60 unique parts to achieve strong, repeatable components.

Materialise provided a dedicated production relationship and consistent batch manufacturing that let Atmos iterate designs, integrate regulatory changes, and scale output reliably. The result is the Marlyn Cobalt, which can survey up to 210 hectares per flight with 1 cm accuracy, operate in winds up to 45 KPH, deliver up to 30x the efficiency of traditional methods and up to 30% more flight days than competing drones; Atmos currently produces 4–6 aircraft per month and expects to grow further thanks to the repeatability Materialise delivers.

Atmos

Joost Bouman

Head of Production and Logistics