Gene.01 by Generative Bionics
Manufacturer: Generative Bionics (Italy)
Price range: Contact manufacturer
Availability: Deployed with pilot customers
Overview
Gene.01 is the debut humanoid robot platform from Italian deep-tech company Generative Bionics, taken from concept to a working robot deployed at one of the world's largest shipbuilders in just six months. Wrapped in a full-body sensing skin that detects touch, force, proximity, and temperature, Gene.01 combines tactile, force, and vision data at high frequency to feel contact, understand human intent, and react safely — turning interaction into a core capability rather than an add-on feature. Built on Generative Bionics' open platform (including a public URDF model), Gene.01 is engineered to scale from heavy-industry factories to healthcare, with a Generative Design and Physical AI stack that keeps motion responsive, stable, and efficient.
Key specifications
- Height: 175 cm
- Weight: 70 kg
- Payload: 15 kg
- Battery life: 4 hours
- Top speed: 1.2 m/s
- Degrees of freedom: 30
- Sensors: Full-body tactile skin, Force/torque sensors, Proximity sensors, Temperature sensors, RGB cameras, Depth cameras, IMU
Features
- Full-body sensing skin (touch, force, proximity, temperature)
- Tactile + force + vision fused at high frequency for safe human interaction
- Generative Design + Physical AI motion stack
- Open platform with public URDF model (gb-robot-models on GitHub)
- Designed in Italy for real-world industrial deployment
- Concept-to-deployed-worker in six months
- Deployed with a major global shipbuilder
- Bipedal humanoid form factor
- Compliant, contact-aware whole-body control
- Scalable from factory floors to healthcare use cases
Primary use cases
- Heavy industry and shipbuilding
- Human-robot collaboration in factories
- Contact-rich manipulation tasks
Industries
Shipbuilding, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Research