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Generative Bionics: How a Humanoid Robot is Born at Erzelli

Founded as an IIT spin-off in 2024, it has already raised 70 million euros. Its robots are developed at Erzelli. In June, they are heading
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Giorgio Metta at Raising Europe: Humanoid Robots Can Also Be Built in Genoa

Giorgio Metta, Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Technology, is a guest on Raising Europe, Tom Guinness’s podcast dedicated to the people building technology companies in Europe. He discusses how Generative Bionics came about, why half of the institute’s research leaders have founded a startup, and why, in his view, humanoid robots can also be built in Genoa.
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Why CDP Venture Capital Bet on Generative Bionics: The Investor’s Story, with GENE.01 in the Room

The European podcast Raising Europe recorded an episode at Generative Bionics’ headquarters in Genoa, with CEO Daniele Pucci and Alessandro Scortecci of CDP Venture Capital, the company’s first investor. The conversation covers what convinced CDP to back the company, the test the team had to pass and what comes next: the first robots delivered to customers, a humanoid factory and a workforce expected to reach around 200 people by the end of 2027.
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62 Classrooms, a Library and 800 Parking Spaces: The Erzelli University Campus in Numbers

At the Genoa Science Festival, the University of Genoa presented the first figures for the New Polytechnic School at Erzelli: 62 classrooms, a library, more than 400 workspaces in the two towers and 800 parking spaces. The laboratory construction site is already open, while the one for the classrooms and departments starts in February 2027. The entire hub will be operational in 2030.
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Generative Bionics to build its first data factory in Italy to train humanoid robots

On 21 October, on the stage of CES Unveiled Milan, Daniele Pucci presented Generative Bionics’ project: three centres where GENE.01 works in real industrial environments and the data collected is multiplied through simulation. The first will be in Italy, covering 5,000 square metres, with works about to start and opening scheduled by the end of 2027. The company plans to invest up to $2 billion across the three sites.
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Esaote joins the Midea Group. Its headquarters will remain in Genoa, on Erzelli Hill

The Chinese Midea Group has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Esaote. The Genoa-based medical imaging company is joining the group’s healthcare division and will continue to operate as an independent company, with its headquarters in Genoa. The headquarters are located on Erzelli Hill, alongside the research laboratories dedicated to ultrasound imaging and clinical software.
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Daniele Pucci on Fly Me To The Moon: Generative Bionics Seeks a Production Site in Genoa for GENE.01

Daniele Pucci is the third guest of the new season of Fly Me To The Moon, the Mundys podcast hosted by Riccardo Luna. In this 44-minute episode, the CEO of Generative Bionics explains how he came to Genoa, why GENE.01 was designed as a common platform for different types of robots, and where the company plans to manufacture them: most likely in Genoa, close to the people who design them.
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Cable Car to Erzelli: Public-Private Partnership Proposal to Be Submitted to the City by Year-End

Genova High Tech has commissioned the detailed design of the cable car linking the future Airport-Erzelli station to the science and technology park and is preparing a public-private partnership proposal for the City of Genoa. The journey will take less than two minutes, with an estimated capacity of around 4,000 passengers per hour in each direction and a projected cost of €40–50 million.
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Minister Urso Visits Erzelli to See GENE.01, the Humanoid Robot Developed by Generative Bionics, in Action

On October 1, Adolfo Urso, Italy’s Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, visited Generative Bionics at the Erzelli Science and Technology Park, together with Liguria Region President Marco Bucci and Italian Institute of Technology President Gianmario Verona. The visit centered on a live demonstration of GENE.01, the company’s humanoid robot.
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