Italian robotics company Gerotto is set to accelerate its push into AI-driven innovation at IFAT 2026, the international environmental technologies trade fair taking place in Munich from 4 to 7 May. The event draws more than 3,200 exhibitors from over 60 countries and serves as a global benchmark for cutting-edge solutions in water management, waste recycling, and the circular economy.
Gerotto will occupy two booths at the fair, indoor stand C4.321 and outdoor area C34.25, presenting its full range of robotic solutions for tank cleaning, industrial cleaning, and environmental remediation.
Introducing the Gerotto AI-Ecosystem
The centrepiece of Gerotto’s presence at IFAT 2026 will be the debut of the first phase of its AI-Ecosystem, on display at booth C4.321. A dedicated demo area will feature the company’s new G-OPTICAM cameras, devices connected to an artificial intelligence system designed to monitor events and scan working environments in real time.
The cameras carry ATEX Zone 0 certification for the European market and IECEx Zone 0 certification for international markets. Gerotto is among a small number of companies worldwide to hold the voluntary IECEx certification, which functions as a technological passport for explosion-proof technologies.
Through the integration of camera hardware and artificial intelligence, operators will be able to write multilingual prompts, retrieve data on near-miss events, and generate reports on task and equipment performance. The company has also established a dedicated data room for algorithm training, with the longer-term goal of developing an agent-based language capable of enabling the next generation of robotic automation.
Alessandro Gerotto, CEO of the company, described the initiative as central to the company’s strategic direction. “The AI-Ecosystem project is a fundamental step in the innovation strategy we are pursuing,” he said. “As an AI adopter, we aim to contribute to our industry with the goal of shaping the no-man entry robotics of the future: robotics based on intelligent machines connected to the working environment and to operators. The AI-Ecosystem represents our new way to ensure ever higher levels of safety, operational continuity and industrial asset integrity.”
A Full Robotics Range on Display
Beyond the AI-Ecosystem, both booths will showcase the breadth of Gerotto’s robotic portfolio.
In the outdoor area situated between halls C3 and C4, a 20-foot container will house the company’s flagship tank cleaning solution: a system built around the Lombrico S, an ATEX and IECEx Zone 0 certified robot paired with a Zone 1 certified Control Room. The solution is designed to serve a global oil and gas market comprising more than 500,000 tanks across refineries and tank terminals worldwide.
Also on show outdoors will be E-Dozer, a wireless battery-powered robot built for handling contaminated soil, and Gatto, a digger robot used in demolition and solid material removal operations.
Inside at booth C4.321, visitors will be able to view Lombrico FTC, Gerotto’s solution for cleaning the more than six million underground tanks at service stations around the world; Lombrico XXS ATEX Zone 0, designed for tank cleaning applications; and The Bull, an underwater robot equipped with an onboard centrifugal pump for use in water treatment plants and fire water storage tanks.
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