Artec 3D launches Neo, a wireless 3D scanner accurate to 0.025 mm on tolerance zones

Artec 3D has launched Artec Neo, calling it the first "tolerance-driven" wireless 3D scanner. The device hits metrology-grade accuracy of 0.025 mm and volumetric accuracy of 0.025 mm + 0.035 mm/m on critical features, while capturing full-color 3D data across an entire part at resolution up to 0.05 mm.

Conventional laser-based metrology workflows cover an entire part in reference targets to guarantee accuracy, including surfaces with no functional requirements. Artec Neo instead places targets only on features carrying tight tolerances, using them purely as metrology anchors, while AI tracking follows geometry, texture and color across the rest of the part in the same scan and dataset. Art Yukhin, President and CEO of Artec 3D, tied the approach to GD&T practice: "Ultimate precision is not required everywhere. Control what determines whether the part works." For a QA team scanning dozens of parts a shift, skipping target placement on non-critical geometry cuts setup time without sacrificing accuracy where it counts.

Operators pick the workflow per part. Full metrology coverage still works by targeting the whole surface. Dimensional control jobs can target only the toleranced features, or place targets on surrounding fixtures instead of a delicate or worn part to avoid marking it. Scans with no targets at all still run at up to 0.05 mm resolution, useful for reverse engineering deep features when no CAD exists. Data flows into Artec Studio, with export paths into SOLIDWORKS, Geomagic and PolyWorks.

Every unit ships calibrated in Artec 3D's own lab, tested to VDI/VDE 2634 Part 3 methods under ISO/IEC 17025 principles, with automated robotic testing and an individual verification certificate. Untethered, Artec Neo runs up to 50 minutes on battery over Wi-Fi, letting operators scan inside machinery or around large assemblies without a cable.

Artec Neo debuts this week at IMTS 2026, running September 14–19 at McCormick Place in Chicago, where Artec 3D is showing it at booth 134246 in the East Building alongside the rest of its scanner lineup. The scanner is available now through Artec 3D's global reseller network. A companion iOS and Android app that turns a phone into the scanner's display is still in development, with no release date attached.