Daniele Pucci, CEO of Generative Bionics, discusses human-centered humanoid robots with John Furrier on SiliconANGLE theCUBE’s NYSE Wired Physical AI and Robotics program, joining from Brussels with the robot Jean.
Pucci says Jean was developed in six months and uses capacitive sensors that detect changes between metal plates. A proximity system can sense nearby people, letting the robot combine touch and distance information. He argues that robot AI needs force and touch interaction alongside vision and language.
Generative Bionics treats a robot’s physical design and AI as one system, rather than designing the mechanics first and adapting AI afterward. The team uses biomechanics and simulation to shape robots for specific tasks, since lifting a box and running can call for different body proportions and weight distribution.
The company digitizes human movement and interaction to gather data for machine learning models. It uses both humans operating robots as avatars and simulated industrial settings where people and robots work together. Pucci says the models can generalize across tasks.
Generative Bionics is focusing on patrolling, retail, manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare, starting with defined industrial scenarios and scaling toward broader capabilities. Its modular hardware and software platform supports industry-specific robots, since a welding robot for a shipyard has different requirements from one used in a hospital. Pucci cites a Fincantieri collaboration on shipyard welding.
Pucci identifies safety, certification, deployment, and manufacturing as priorities. The company plans to deploy a welding robot in a shipyard in the first quarter of 2027 and is establishing what he describes as Europe’s largest humanoid robot manufacturing operation. Its stated aim is to become a trusted provider of humanoid robots.
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