Bloomberg Businessweek reports from Carrara on the intersection of sculpture, technology and robotics.
Bloomberg, one of the world’s leading financial and business information networks, has published an in-depth feature on robotic sculpture and the transformation taking place in Carrara’s marble industry. At the heart of the story is LITIX, together with Giacomo Massari and the technology developed by ROBOTOR.
Written by Matthew Hart, the feature begins in the marble quarries of Carrara and explores an industry where centuries-old tradition is now meeting robotics, 3D scanning and software. The article takes readers inside ROBOTOR’s facilities, describing how LITIX transforms industrial robotic systems through engineering, computing power and proprietary software into machines designed to work with stone.
At the core of the story is the relationship between technology and craftsmanship. Robots make it possible to carry out highly complex operations with speed and precision, while the final stages still require the human hand. In one of the examples featured by Bloomberg, the robot completes around 95% of the work on a monumental sculpture, leaving the final finishing to skilled artisans.
It is precisely at this intersection of tradition, human expertise and digital manufacturing that LITIX’s vision takes shape: not replacing the knowledge and skills behind sculpture, but expanding its possibilities through technology.
Through this perspective, the Bloomberg Businessweek feature presents Carrara not only as the historic home of marble, but also as a contemporary laboratory where a centuries-old tradition is evolving alongside a new generation of robotic systems.
