From February 11 to 13, 2026, at the 20th edition of the A&T Turin trade fair, CIM, together with partners and companies, created a journey full of initiatives and real-world cases: AI House, 3D Tech, Advanced Robotics, and Aerospace Testing Labs—an ecosystem of businesses and an “open” laboratory for discussion and demonstration.
AI House: Applications of GenAI, Physical AI, and Advanced Robotics
The House of Artificial Intelligence served as the meeting point for expertise and industrial applications, with a space specifically designed to demonstrate how AI works and enables new innovative processes and more. Over 17 demo areas, networking, and in-depth sessions.
During the presentations, companies shared a wide variety of cases and approaches: from intelligent robotic manipulation to AI trajectories in human-robot collaboration, through to edge AI applications, in-line monitoring, data-driven assistants, and industrial use cases that showcase operational, measurable, and adoptable AI.
3D Tech: Additive Manufacturing Enters Production
With 3D Tech, additive manufacturing has become part of the process: components, technologies, materials, and application cases developed with companies demonstrated how AM can increase efficiency and generate value across various supply chains, from automotive to aerospace.
Concrete examples included 3D-printed automotive components and testimonials from an industrial sector that has already chosen to innovate.
Aerospace Testing Labs: From Ground to Space to Test New Technologies
A&T was also the occasion to present the new Aerospace Testing Labs: a four-story vertical laboratory covering the entire “air-to-space” journey, including stratospheric robots, satellite applications, long-duration flights with XOVERY, and the use of certified aircraft for in-flight testing. An ecosystem that connects companies, startups, and major players to test and validate aerospace solutions.
Advanced Robotics: A New White Paper to Navigate Cobots, Humanoids, and New Paradigms
The spotlight was also on the new CIM Position Paper “Advanced Robotics in Industry: Technological Evolutions, Impacts, and Perspectives”. The document addresses the transition toward Industry 5.0 with increasingly adaptive and collaborative robots, explores topics such as Physical AI, edge-cloud architectures, and digital twins, and compiles case studies developed by companies.
Thank you: To everyone who visited us and shared their experience
Thank you to all the companies in the AI House and 3D Tech, to our partners, and to the visitors who helped transform the fair into a place of work, not just a passing visit. The best ideas are often born this way: with a conversation that doesn’t end when the lights go out.
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“At CIM, we are pleased to have contributed to the success of A&T, a trade fair that aims to become an increasingly important national benchmark for technology transfer for businesses, especially SMEs. This edition concludes on a note of tangibility: visitors were able to experience frontier innovations firsthand, engaging with industrial realities of all sizes and key stakeholders such as universities, research centers, and competence centers. It is a true supply chain of expertise and provision that continuously evolves and innovates to compete in international markets. In short, the Piedmont ecosystem—as also highlighted by a recent Luiss study on the ability of Italian companies to correctly apply intelligent technologies—is confirmed as a national territory of excellence in manufacturing and technological innovation, with a particular focus on the automotive and aerospace sectors,” comments Enrico Pisino, CEO of CIM.
