22/05/2026
𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ▯ The European House-Ambrosetti
𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼
Yesterday, at the Technology Forum 2026 in Stresa, Prof. Bruno Siciliano delivered the keynote “𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗜” within the session “𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗠 | 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡‒𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗧 𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠?”.
The keynote explored the current inflection point of Physical AI, driven by the convergence of advances in the robotics ecosystem — including compute power, connectivity, battery innovation and falling hardware costs — with recent progress in AI for physical systems, such as robotic foundation models, simulation and data-driven learning.
The talk highlighted how the next phase of AI will increasingly concern action in the physical world: not only processing information, but enabling systems capable of perceiving, adapting and interacting with real environments. In this context, human-robot collaboration becomes central across industrial, logistics, healthcare and manufacturing domains.
Particular attention was devoted to the open challenges in advanced robotics, especially in manipulation, tactile sensing and dynamic adaptation in humanoid robots. While the humanoid form factor remains attractive because human environments are designed around the way people move and interact, deploying humanoids in complex real-world settings will still require time.
During the keynote, prof. Siciliano also addressed the role Europe can play in promoting a human-centric vision of technology, where robotic and AI systems are designed to adapt to individuals while respecting their needs, dignity and privacy.
