Generative Bionics · industrial humanoid
GENE.01
Spin-off of the Italian Institute of Technology (iCub, ergoCub); concept shown in AMD's CES 2026 keynote, working platform unveiled July 2026 with an open-source robot model.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
Not for sale: Not for sale (platform announced; no order path found).
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Why it matters
Humanoid covered in tactile 'skin' that senses touch, temperature, proximity and force, based on IIT research.
Real-world use
Being adapted for shipyard work with Fincantieri.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Generative BionicsCompany · Genoa, Italy$81M seed led by CDP Venture Capital with AMD Ventures, Duferco, Eni Next, RoboIT and Tether.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for GENE.01 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
#23 of 377 current humanoids in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- European actuation chain developed with Synapticon, tailored to GENE.01's mechanical, thermal and control needs, with final assembly and safety testing in Europe.
- Hands
- Swappable end effectors (hands, grippers, feet).
- Sensors & vision
- Full-body tactile skin sensing touch, temperature, proximity and force.
- Compute
- AMD CPUs, GPUs and FPGA-based embedded vision and sensor platforms (CES 2026 concept description).
- Battery & power
- Not published.
- AI & software
- Proprietary 'physics-native' Physical AI based on IIT research (Nature Machine Intelligence, July 2026); open-source digital twin on PyPI, conda-forge and ROS build farm.
- Other details
- Italian-designed base platform for specialised robots; first application a welding humanoid for Fincantieri.
Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)AMDSynapticon
From the maker
GENE.01 is the only humanoid from Generative Bionics in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Not for saleNot for sale (platform announced; no order path found).
- Sold or delivered
- Not for sale; launch planned Q4 2026.
- Where it is sold or used
- Italy
- Customers and pilots
- Fincantieri (welding use case)
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Pilot
Fincantieri · since 2026-07
Shipbuilder Fincantieri is the first industrial user of Gene.01, configured as a welding robot for shipyards. Macau Business
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- GENE.01 six-month update
New Atlas covered the smart-skin robot built from concept in six months.
New Atlas - Functional GENE.01 platform unveiled
Generative Bionics showed the working robot with Synapticon actuation and a Fincantieri use case.
Macau Business - GENE.01 concept in AMD CES keynote
Lisa Su hosted CEO Daniele Pucci to introduce the concept.
Humanoid Robotics Technology
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | GENE.01Generative Bionics |  KengoGalaxea DynamicsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |  MATRIX-3Matrix RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |  Digit 5Agility RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-01-06 | 2026-06-02 | 2026-01-10 | 2026-09-17 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 140 cm | 170 cm | 181 cm |
| Weight | — | 40 kg | 65 kg | 129 kg |
| Joints | — | 23 | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | 2 kg | 30 kg | 22.7 kg |
| Battery | — | 2 h | — | 1.5 h |
| Price | — | — | $99,000 | — |
Sources
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