Fluid Wire Robotics

Fluid Wire Robotics is an innovative start-up developing robotic arms compatible with hostile environments without compromising performance.

The robotics market, in terms of revenue, was estimated at approximately €42.2 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach around €95.5 billion by 2028.

Currently, adapting traditional robots to extreme environmental contexts involves significant design complexity and very high additional costs. Moreover, it requires ad-hoc technical solutions for each specific situation, thus limiting the versatility of robot usage.

The Fluid Wire Robotics team has designed a fully electric and modular manipulator arm capable of operating in extreme conditions such as under radiation, in a vacuum, at high temperatures, underwater, or in areas considered too dangerous for human operators.

Its uniqueness lies in its ability to ensure intrinsic and high reliability by eliminating all electrical and electronic components (motors, sensors, etc.) traditionally placed inside the arm structure, and positioning them instead in a remote external box. Power is then transferred from the external box to the robot joints via “Fluid Wires,” which are specific fluid transmission systems based on proprietary technology.

This makes the arm extremely lightweight, fast, and capable of exerting programmable forces with great accuracy. It is effectively a “hollow structure,” free of components that could trigger explosions, be damaged by radiation, or be subject to overheating issues.