LOGBOT S.R.L.

Italian factories are full of excellent machinery that has no idea what is happening inside itself. CNC lathes, presses, packaging systems, production lines — often built with technology from the 1980s or 1990s — continue to operate efficiently, but in silence: no connectivity, no real-time data, no capacity to be monitored or integrated into a smart factory logic. Logbot, a Padova-based startup specializing in industrial IoT and edge computing, built its product around this exact problem. The Logbot Kit is a hardware device that connects to existing industrial machines — regardless of their production year or manufacturer — and brings them online, making them part of an ecosystem of monitoring, remote control, and data analysis. Edge computing is central to the concept: processing happens locally, close to the machine, reducing latency and ensuring operation even without stable cloud connectivity. The result is a data dashboard that gives operators and production managers real-time visibility into what is happening on the factory floor, enabling anomaly detection and predictive maintenance before failures turn into costly downtime. The business model is B2B, with customized solutions for OEMs, machine manufacturers, industrial companies, and facility managers. Logbot addresses both the industrial retrofit market — upgrading existing machines rather than replacing them — and the market of machine builders who want to add connectivity as a differentiating feature in their products. The Industry 4.0 and industrial IoT market is among the most dynamic in Europe, with growing demand from manufacturing companies seeking to increase efficiency and reduce maintenance costs. Logbot meets this demand with a pragmatic approach: no need to replace existing machinery, just bring it into the digital future with an installable kit.