Santander's Space Robotics Workers wins €684K from CDTI to build a 3D-printed space module prototype

What's the deal? Space Robotics WorkersDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → (SRW), a space engineering startup based at the PCTCAN science park in Santander, has secured €683,975 from Spain's CDTI to develop Proto-XMOD, a prototype of a 3D-printed space module. The funding covers 90% of the €759,973 project and is backed by the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility. It was the only Cantabrian project approved by CDTI's board in January 2026.

Context SRW designs, calculates and simulates critical structural elements for space stations and robotic spacecraft operating in low Earth orbit, and acts as the technical office of the Space Infrastructures Ventures group. Its work includes the structural backbone of the Orbital Outpost One (OO1) station concept, which ESA selected for a maturation study. The company has also won regional Innova grants for robotic capture and towing of orbital debris.

Source El Diario Montañés, 3 February 2026; Gobierno de Cantabria