Interview ·
YK Robotics: "We have automated processes that seemed impossible at first sight"
Original title, in Spanish: “YK Robotics, “Hemos automatizado procesos que a priori parecían imposibles””
- Publication
- Emprendedores (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 13 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
In this interview, Joan Ortega Alcaide, CEO of YK Robotics, details YK-Platform, a software platform that brings together the design, programming, operation and maintenance of robotic cells, controllable in natural language through generative AI. The startup, founded in Italy in 2020 and incubated at Logistics 4.0 (Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona), targets industrial SMEs and integrators. According to Ortega, the platform cuts integration time by up to 80% and increases productivity by up to 20%, with seven installations in production. The interview cites the case of Schiavi Macchine International (Italy), which reduced its setup times and enabled its customers to programme cells without robotics skills, as well as a bin picking case at a European chemicals manufacturer, documented by Zivid.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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7 %
Share of unfilled industrial jobs in Europe
Europe
« Más del 7% de los puestos de fabricación quedan sin cubrir »
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138,000 USD million
Estimated annual cost of unfilled industrial positions in Europe
Europe, per year
« con un coste estimado de 138.000 millones de dólares al año »
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2 %
Decline in the working-age population in Europe over ten years
Europe, last decade
« la población en edad de trabajar ha caído alrededor de un 2% en la última década »
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80 %
Maximum reduction in robotic cell integration time with YK-Platform
YK Robotics customers, measured results
« En resultados medidos, hasta un 80% menos de tiempo de integración y hasta un 20% más de productividad. »
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20 %
Maximum productivity gain observed with YK-Platform
YK Robotics customers, measured results
« En resultados medidos, hasta un 80% menos de tiempo de integración y hasta un 20% más de productividad. »
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7 installations
Number of YK-Platform installations in production
seven different industries, in 2026
« Hoy la plataforma gobierna siete instalaciones en producción en siete industrias distintas y hay una octava en ejecución este año. »
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— %
Cost of cell-as-a-service as a share of the labour cost replaced
YK Robotics SME offer, 5-15% range
« una cuota recurrente equivalente a una fracción del coste de mano de obra que sustituye, de entre el 5% y el 15%. »
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— ratio
Multiplier effect of licences generated by an integrator or machine-builder partner
YK Robotics partners
« Según el tamaño del socio, ese multiplicador está entre cinco y veinte. »
Classification
- Country
- Spain, Italy
- Company size
- SMEs, Mid-sized companies
- Industries
- Industry and manufacturing · Transport, logistics, supply chain · Agriculture and food production
- Companies
- Schiavi Macchine International (deploys AI), Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (cited), Zivid (supplier), YK Robotics (supplier)
- Keywords
- industrial robotics, automation, industrial SMEs, generative AI, integrators, digital twin
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Emprendedores. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.