The Fincantieri shipbuilding group has signed an agreement with the Genoese Generative Bionics, a company engaged in the development of autonomous humanoid robots, to start an industrial partnership aimed at the implementation of a humanoid welding robot intended to operate in the group's shipyards together with the human beings.

The project foresees, as the first area of collaboration, the development of a humanoid designed to support specific welding activities in the naval sector. The humanoid will be Equipped with artificial intelligence and advanced manipulation, perception and vision dedicated to the monitoring of the weld seam as well as optimized locomotion to operate in complex contexts. The two companies specified whereas particular attention will be paid to safety, so that the system can work in direct collaboration with workers, in full compliance with current regulations and without Workspace limitations.

The collaboration program will last overall expected to last four years, with a focused approach to a rapid introduction of solutions in the operational environment. I The first tests on site are scheduled by the end of the 2026, with the aim of making available operational already during the first two years, then continuing with refining, extension and certification activities industrial in the following period. Development and development activities Experimentation will be conducted at the Genoese shipyard of Fincantieri in Sestri Ponente, which will serve as a context for the validation and industrial certification of the technology.