Daniele Pucci, CEO of Generative Bionics, and Alessandro Scortecci, CDP Venture Capital’s chief investment officer for direct investments, discuss humanoid robotics, industrial deployment and Europe’s role with Raising Europe host Tom Guinness.
Pucci says he began moving the Italian Institute of Technology’s humanoid robotics work toward a company in 2022, as investment in the field accelerated in China and the United States. Scortecci says CDP backed the team for its deep technical experience, entrepreneurial leadership and early focus on industrial uses.
A live demonstration shows Gene using touch and proximity sensing. Pucci describes Generative Bionics’ approach as designing a robot’s body and AI together, using biomechanics to shape systems for particular tasks. He says the company is developing a modular platform that can produce different versions for different customer needs, such as welding in shipyards.
Pucci identifies physical AI data and the supply chain as major challenges in moving from a handful of robots to thousands. Robots need to learn from more than visual and language inputs: temperature, motor readings, force and touch also matter. The company plans to work with Fincantieri on shipyard welding, while adapting robots to the requirements of other fields such as logistics and health care.
Pucci says the company aims to become a global physical AI player with a European footprint, and argues that Italy can contribute industrial expertise, data and design. Scortecci says the €70 million seed round brought in strategic investors because hardware businesses need close ties with industrial and computing partners. He also points to a gap between Italy’s roughly €1 trillion in institutional capital and about €250 million invested in local venture capital over five or six years.
Scortecci says the next major test is whether the welding robot can perform for a customer in a ship’s hull. Pucci says the company’s next 24 months will focus on proving customer value in manufacturing, logistics and patrolling, and health care, while expanding deployment and operations. He says scaling will also require more capital and computing infrastructure; the team is planning to grow to about 130 people by January 2027 and 200 by the end of that year.
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