Adaptronics
Adaptronics has created the Electro Active Adhesive Layer (EAAL), a versatile electrostatic gripping technology with integrated tactile sensing that allows robots to grasp objects of any shape without gripper changes.
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🎙️ Deep Dive
Daily News – 5 November 2025
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Adaptronics is a Bologna-based deep-tech startup founded in 2022 as a University of Bologna spin-off. The company developed the EAAL (Electro Active Adhesive Layer), an electro-adhesive gripper technology enabling robots to grasp surfaces of different shapes, textures and materials without changing end-effectors. The technology has applications in industrial robotics, warehouse automation and the space sector. In November 2025 it raised €3.15M in a seed round with participation from CDP Venture Capital and ESA BIC Turin.
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Robotic system manufacturers, industrial automation integrators and space operators.
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- 2025 - Seed: €3M
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