Bambu Lab has officially teased the S1, its first 3D scanner, with a launch planned for November 2026. The company has not released specs, price or sample images, so what’s public comes from FCC filings and forum digging rather than a spec sheet.
The FCC label lists a 60W input rating and a drawing that shows a flat spot and a raised section on the handle, which forum users reading the filing read as a likely screen. There’s no mention of a battery on the label, which suggests the S1 needs to stay tethered to a PC during a scan, the same friction point that already dogs handheld scanners: carry a capable laptop to the scan site or run a long USB cable back to a desktop.
The 60W figure has fed speculation that the S1 shares a platform with SCANOLOGY’s 3DeVOK MT Gen2, a wired composite scanner released in 2026 that uses both blue and IR lasers and carries the same 60W rating. Tom’s Hardware is skeptical the two share hardware, pointing out the MT Gen2 sells for $8,299, a price far above what Bambu Lab usually charges, and arguing Bambu would need to undercut that hard to make sense for its usual customer base.
Scanning is a narrower market than printing. Buyers already split between Creality’s CR-Scan line, Revopoint’s Pop series, Mini and all-in-one MIRACO, and SHINING3D’s Einstar, and the workflow (scan cleanup, resurfacing in CAD) keeps it a tool for reverse engineering and niche fabrication rather than a mass-market accessory. Bambu Lab has built a retail footprint for its printers, including a first authorized store in the Philippines at SM Megamall, but the S1 would be its first move into capture hardware rather than output hardware.