Cartif was founded in 1994 in the Industrial Engineering School of Valladolid University.
At the beginning, it was knowned as Automation, Robotics and Manufacturing Technologies Centre, just with 20 researchers in its staff.
Its first facilities were building in 1999, in the Boecillo Technology Park (Valladolid, Spain).
In 2005, the Centre changed its legal status from association to foundation, and wided its facilities with a second build.
Today, Cartif Foundation is a reference technology centre, with 200 researchers working in innovation projects.