Bringing 3D printing technology into real life—and giving more animals the possibility to run again.
The 2026 Pet Fair Asia was held in Shanghai from August 19 to 23.
As one of Asia’s leading pet industry exhibitions, Pet Fair Asia brings together pet brands, innovative projects, designers, and industry professionals from around the world. The event continues to explore developments in pet consumption, pet health, and the evolving lifestyles shared by people and their pets.
As one of the major creative events of this year’s exhibition, the “Ideal Home for Humans & Pets” Maker Design Competition focused on real needs in everyday life with pets. The competition encouraged makers, designers, and brands to develop new solutions for people and animals through design and innovation.
Entries came from across China and covered a wide range of areas, including pet life, health, and companionship, showcasing the diverse and creative approaches emerging in the field of human-pet design.
Among the many entries, Running Again, the pet prosthetics brand under Kexcelled, stood out with its Semi-Covered Pet Prosthesis (Distal Amputation Version) and received an award at the Maker Design Competition.
This recognition is not only an acknowledgment of the product’s design, but also a reminder that 3D printing, digital modeling, and personalized manufacturing are moving beyond models and prototypes into more meaningful applications in everyday life.
Why Develop a Semi-Covered Prosthesis?
Many pets that have lost part of a limb due to injury or illness still want and need to stand, walk, explore, and take part in everyday life.
For animals with distal limb amputations, the loss of the terminal part of a limb can prevent the remaining limb from making normal contact with the ground. During movement, more of the body’s weight may then be transferred to the other limbs. Over time, this may affect normal gait and increase the load placed on other joints and the spine.
Running Again’s Semi-Covered Pet Prosthesis was designed with this situation in mind.
It does not require an implant surgery. Instead, it is an external, wearable prosthetic device for pets. Through a customized structural design, the prosthesis helps establish a stable point of support and load-bearing, allowing the residual limb to participate in ground contact and weight-bearing and helping the animal stand and walk more naturally.
For an animal that has lost part of a limb, this is more than simply a product. It can be a way to participate in everyday life again.
Every Animal Is Different. So Every Prosthesis Needs to Be Customized.
Running Again’s Semi-Covered Pet Prosthesis is not a standard product designed to fit every animal.
A complete prosthesis consists primarily of a residual-limb socket, customized silicone sleeve, cushioning liner, and support foot. The socket needs to be individually modeled and manufactured according to the actual shape and condition of each animal’s residual limb.
Every animal is different. The amputation location, residual limb length, skin condition, joint mobility, body weight, and daily activity habits can all influence the prosthesis design.
That is why Running Again divides the process into six stages:
Assessment → Modeling → Manufacturing → Trial Fitting → Adjustment → Training
The process begins by understanding the individual animal’s condition. Digital modeling is then used to create a personalized design, followed by real-world fitting and adjustments to gradually adapt the prosthesis to the animal’s body and movement.
The goal is not to make an animal adapt to a standard product, but to create a prosthesis around the individual animal.
Materials Matter When They Enter Real Life
As a 3D printing materials company, Kexcelled has always been interested in the possibilities that materials can create.
From PLA and PETG to TPU and PEEK, 3D printing materials can be used for models, tools, functional components, and a growing range of professional applications.
But for Kexcelled, the material itself is not the final destination. Solving real-world problems is.
Running Again combines individual animal data, digital modeling, and 3D printing to transform an animal’s physical data into a product that can be worn, used for walking, and continuously adjusted.
The Semi-Covered Pet Prosthesis (Distal Amputation Version), which received recognition at the “Ideal Home for Humans & Pets” Maker Design Competition, is a real example of this approach.
From “Brand with Annual Potential” to Maker Design Competition Award Winner
This is not the first time Running Again has received recognition from the pet industry.
At the 2023 PFA AWARDS Pet Fair Asia Awards, Running Again received the “Brand with Annual Potential” Award.
Since its founding, Running Again has continued to focus on the practical needs of pets with limb disabilities. By combining prosthetics, digital design, and 3D printing technologies, the brand aims to create more possibilities for pets to regain mobility and participate in everyday life.
This latest recognition from a design competition adds another milestone to that journey.
Bringing Technology Back to Real Life
For Kexcelled, the value of 3D printing has never been simply about “what can be printed.”
What matters is what can happen when materials, digital design, and manufacturing technologies are brought together to solve a real problem.
A pet standing up again, walking outside, and returning to everyday activities may seem like a small change.
But when 3D printing technology enters the real world, these small changes can represent some of its most meaningful possibilities.
Looking ahead, Kexcelled will continue to explore practical applications across areas including pet care, healthcare, and industry, working alongside innovative teams to take 3D printing materials and digital manufacturing further—and to turn more possibilities that can be “printed” into realities.