ATIS’s 50 years of experience make your work lighter

(ATIS Patent for pneumatic manipulators with interactive handle)

An operator was moving a load, and without knowing it, he was also moving an idea.
One day he told us: “I wish the manipulator would follow my hand, as if it understood me.”

From that, our first great leap was born:
a pneumatic industrial manipulator that reacts to touch, anticipates movement, and moves in harmony with the person who uses it.
An interactive handle, a patent — but above all a revolution:
a machine that finally adapts to the operator, and not the other way around.

(ATIS vacuum‑gripping technology for bags)

Flour, seeds, pellets, powders…
Irregular, unstable and sometimes dangerous loads.
We often saw them slip, bend, or escape from operators’ hands.
So we asked ourselves: how can a machine reliably grip these bags, often with fast and repetitive cycles, while improving efficiency?
The answer became a patent:
an intelligent gripping system that senses when it touches the bag, never releases it while suspended, and recognizes when it reaches the floor.
A gripping system that protects before it lifts.

(ATIS Patent for modular containers for pneumatic valves)

Sometimes innovation isn’t spectacular. It’s simple, essential, silent.
Pneumatic systems needed order, logic, speed, and reduced installation space.
So we created a modular container with special valve supports: compact, robust, immediate.
A small, smart object that can go unnoticed… yet simplifies the work of technicians, maintenance staff and designers.

(ATIS integrated valve for manipulator control)

The movement of a manipulator is like a violinist’s gesture: it requires control, finesse, harmony.
Too much force is a problem. Too little is also a problem.
This is why we created an integrated valve capable of dosing air with unprecedented precision.
You will never see it, but you will feel the difference every time a load rises with perfect smoothness.

(ATIS Patent for wheel‑gripping systems for zero‑gravity manipulators)

Our region is rooted in agriculture, and we observed a recurring issue:
production lines for different tractors required wheels of various sizes — small to enormous — on the same line, with incompatible solutions.
From this practical need, a simple yet brilliant idea was born:
a universal gripping system capable of adapting quickly and safely to wheels of various sizes.
One tool, endless possibilities.

Sometimes a glance is enough to prevent an accident.
Yet for a long time there was no simple way to see whether a suction cup was active or not.
So we created an optical indicator that “speaks through colours”:
if a suction cup is not gripping, you know it instantly.
No sensors, no vacuum switches, no electronics.
Just clarity, safety and ingenuity.

Beams are heavy, dirty, irregular — yet someone must lift them every day.
We designed a gripping system capable of facing all these challenges without compromise:
robust, versatile, safe.
A patent born for those who work in timber construction and face real — not theoretical — difficulties.

In 2025 and 2026, we will file two new patents.
Two fresh ideas born in the field, from the real needs of our customers.
Two solutions that will soon become everyday tools in the hands of operators once again.

ATIS: Italian technology that improves life in factories

ATIS patents for industrial manipulators do not only protect ideas:
they protect a way of working, a practical approach, an ethic of continuous improvement.

ATIS creates solutions that are born from reality — and return to reality.
Because innovation, for us, is a daily act.

ATIS patents for industrial manipulators do not only protect ideas:
they protect a way of working, a practical approach, an ethic of continuous improvement.

ATIS creates solutions that are born from reality — and return to reality.
Because innovation, for us, is a daily act.