Generative Bionics, an Italian deep tech company developing humanoid robots for industrial applications plans to establish a three site physical AI data factory network to develop and train humanoid robots for industrial use. The first Italy facility is expected to be a 5,000-square-meter site and scheduled for operation by Q4 2027. A second site will be established elsewhere in Europe and a third intended to serve international markets though their exact locations have not been publicly announced.
According to a press release, these facilities will collect data from GENE.01 humanoid robots performing industrial tasks in recreated working environments. The data will cover movement, force, contact, temperature, proximity and human interaction, addressing the shortage of real-world physical data needed to train AI models and assess how robots perform under different operating conditions.
“We are replicating the world, physically and digitally, to train humanoid robots at scale before they ever enter it, the Physical AI Data Factory is how we do it: fleets of GENE.01 learn from real industrial work, we stress-test those skills across thousands of digital-twin variations on AMD compute, and we return validated World Action Models to the field,” said, Daniele Pucci, CEO, Generative Bionics.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will provide computing infrastructure through its AMD Helios rack-scale architecture to support data processing, AI model training and digital-twin simulations. Generative Bionics said its robotics, AI and data-engineering teams will oversee data collection, model development and deployment across its robot fleets.
“Physical AI represents an exciting opportunity to bring the power of AI into the real world, creating new possibilities for automation and industrial innovation, with AMD Helio powering Italy’s first Physical AI Data Factory, we are providing scalable, high-performance computing infrastructure needed to turn that potential into reality,” said Keith Strier, SVP, Global AI Markets, AMD.
“Our collaboration with Generative Bionics marks an important step in advancing European AI and industrial sovereignty, enabling the development and deployment of next-generation intelligent robotics applications while strengthening Europe’s capacity to innovate.”
Generative Bionics will create digital twins of industrial environments to simulate tasks across different layouts, materials, objects and operating conditions. Data from physical operations and simulations will be used to train World Action Models, which will be tested virtually before deployment on physical robots.
The company has raised €70 million (US$ 78 million) in a seed funding round led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation from AMD Ventures, Duferco, Eni Next, RoboIT and Tether. The funding is intended to support the development of its Physical AI robotics platforms.