Notes from a robotics factory in Italy.

On manufacturing, engineering and why we build autonomous machines the Italian way. Written by the people who build them.

The Nardo plant at dusk with rovers loading a truck

Point of view August 2026

Why Italy is the right place to build robots

A century of machine building, a supply chain that lives next door, and a workforce that treats assembly as a craft. The case for making robots in Italy, from the people betting on it.

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Nardo assembly hall with manipulator rovers in production

Capabilities July 2026

Stationary, mobile or marine: one factory, most applications

Fixed inspection cells, field rovers, sealed subsea units. What they share is bigger than what separates them, and it is why one plant can build them all.

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Engineers reviewing a rover in the Milano design center

Inside the plant June 2026

From a Milano drawing to a serial number

How a robot travels from the design center to the assembly hall: design for manufacture, the pilot line, and the record that follows every machine for life.

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