Robotic arms under Romanesque vaults: the Monastery of Leyre, a treasure of the Middle Ages in Spain and one of the most important monuments of Navarre, could harbor the first year of the BAI Postgraduate program.

The collaboration between the Regional Government of Navarre—owner of the property—and the Benedictine community of Leyre—beneficial owner of the monastery—will enable the BAI training program to be carried out in an environment of great artistic value and scenic beauty, which resonates in a practical and symbolic way with at least three of the main objectives of the National Center for Industrialization and Robotization. In the first place, the integration of the new technologies in a broader humanistic frame; secondly, the close connection between the BAI and Navarre; and, thirdly, the democratic nature of the BAI, which in Leyre opens up to interior and rural areas, so often in need of activation triggers through thought and technology.

The BAI program is expected to be carried out in Leyre while construction work on the institution's headquarters in Pamplona, which has just begun, is ongoing. However, once this work is completed, the program is expected to continue thanks to complementary research, training, and outreach activities that will continue to be carried out at the monastery as part of the future BAI Institute of Humanities and Technology.