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Fincantieri and Generative Bionics launch humanoid welding robot partnership for shipyards

Feb 11, 2026 · Partnership · Generative Bionics · Humanoid

  • Fincantieri and Generative Bionics launched an industrial partnership to develop a humanoid welding robot for shipyard environments.
  • The project aims to combine Fincantieri's shipbuilding expertise with Generative Bionics' robotic platform to improve safety, production quality and operational efficiency.
  • Reuters reported that the four-year project targets on-site tests at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente shipyard by the end of 2026.

Generative Bionics is an Italian humanoid robotics company spun out of the Italian Institute of Technology. Building human-centered Physical AI humanoid platforms for industrial and real-world collaborative environments, drawing on IIT's long-running humanoid robotics work around iCub, ergoCub and related systems.

Segment
Humanoid
Event type
Partnership
Geography
Genoa · Italy