There’s a dangerous misconception circulating in engineering offices: the idea that simply installing a latest-generation inverter or energy consumption monitoring software is enough to make a machine “5.0.”

But software can only measure waste, not eliminate it.

If the mechanical heart of the machine – its kinematics – is the result of a design logic based solely on “speed and robustness”, energy consumption will remain an insurmountable structural limitation. That’s why in our studio we started looking at mechanical movements in a different light.

The question no one is asking: where are we losing energy?

When we analyze a new project, we don’t just ask how fast the car needs to go. We ask ourselves: “How much of the torque delivered by the engine is actually producing value, and how much is simply overcoming the inertia of a lazy design?”

Thinking about kinematics from an Industry 5.0 perspective means questioning three dogmas of traditional mechanics:

• Weight is no longer synonymous with quality: If a moving mass is oversized “for safety,” we are designing a perpetual energy cost for the end customer. But how can we reduce weight without compromising vibrations? This is where in-depth consideration of natural frequencies is needed.

• Friction is not a given: We often settle for standard solutions. We prefer to explore alternatives and implement them where possible.

• The design was developed with a human-centric, sustainable, and resilient approach, integrating mechanical solutions aimed at:

  • improving human-machine interaction
  • reducing energy and material consumption
  • increasing flexibility and durability