Bilbao, March 2026. — TrebezIA closes its participation in BIEMH 2026, the International Machine-Tool Exhibition held from March 2–6 at BEC (Bilbao Exhibition Centre), with the balance the team sums up in a single phrase: five days of real technology, real conversations, and real people making it happen.
Throughout the week, TrebezIA operated at the Tecnalia Research & Innovation booth, Hall 1, E-10, presenting for the first time before an industrial trade fair audience the live collaboration between Mairon — its autonomous mobile robot for order picking — and the Unitree G1 humanoid robot, running an application designed by Tecnalia. The demonstration brought to life the concept of the Proactive Factory: an environment where machines do not wait for instructions, but instead anticipate, coordinate, and act as a single intelligent system.
A demo that went beyond the concept
What TrebezIA and Tecnalia showed at BIEMH 2026 was not a simulation or a controlled laboratory demonstration: it was a real system operating in a representative logistics environment, with both robots — of different natures and capabilities — taking on complementary roles and executing tasks in a coordinated manner in front of visitors.
Mairon handled autonomous navigation and AI-powered multi-reference picking operations, adapting to the dynamic environment of the booth. The Unitree G1, running the Tecnalia-developed application, contributed dexterous and humanoid mobility capabilities. Together, they demonstrated that the transition from automated industry to cognitive industry is not a theoretical horizon — it is something that can already be seen working.
"Most warehouses still rely on static systems. We just showed what comes next."
— TrebezIA, BIEMH 2026
Tecnalia: the partner that makes ambitious ideas possible
Participation in BIEMH 2026 would not have been possible without Tecnalia Research & Innovation, which opened its stand to TrebezIA and made available its infrastructure, team, and industry credibility. For TrebezIA, born as a Tecnalia spinoff, this collaboration carries particular meaning: it is the natural continuation of a relationship that began in the laboratory and is now projecting into the market.
Special recognition goes to Jorge Poveda Hernández and Danil Pavlenko, who kept the demonstrations running throughout the five days of the fair with the dedication and technical rigour that this kind of live presentation demands.
The conversations that matter
Beyond the demo, BIEMH 2026 was a week of conversations with logistics operators, system integrators, industrial automation managers, and sector professionals who approached the booth with concrete questions about how the system works and its commercial viability. Those conversations — the ones that go beyond technological admiration and get into the details of implementation — are exactly the kind of interaction a startup in the commercialization phase needs.
TrebezIA, one year after founding
BIEMH 2026 closes a first year of public life for TrebezIA marked by consistent progression: from the solo demonstration at Logistics & Automation 2025 to multi-robot collaboration at the largest industrial fair in northern Spain; from talks at ESAIM and ROSCon to a presence at the Tecnalia stand in front of thousands of manufacturing professionals. The startup enters the second half of 2026 with its product in early commercialization and a visibility in the industrial ecosystem that did not exist a year ago.
