Neura Robotics

With backing from NVIDIA, Amazon, Qualcomm, and industrial giants, the German deep-tech firm aims to scale its cognitive humanoids and Physical AI platform to millions of units by 2030.

A new €17 million "TUM RoboGym" at Munich Airport will deploy a fleet of humanoid robots to bridge the sim-to-real gap, fueling NEURA’s hardware-agnostic Neuraverse platform.

A new strategic collaboration between Neura Robotics and Qualcomm aims to accelerate the commercialization of humanoid robots by combining Dragonwing processors with the Neuraverse ecosystem.

Bloomberg reports that German robotics firm Neura Robotics has closed a €1 billion funding round led by stablecoin giant Tether, valuing the company at €4 billion as it prepares to mass-produce its cognitive humanoids.

German robotics unicorn Neura Robotics has opened a major new development center in Zurich, relocating the R&D for its 4NE-1 humanoid to the Swiss city. The move highlights Zurich''s growing status as a global hub for embodied AI, joining neighbors like Disney Research and Flexion.

A definitive analysis of the humanoid robotics landscape in late 2025. We rank the highest-valued "pure-play" companies like Figure, Neura, and Unitree, and analyze the "proxy war" being waged by "Titans" like Tesla, Samsung, and Nvidia.

A new report from the Financial Times claims the stablecoin issuer is in discussions to lead a massive funding round that would value the German humanoid robotics company at as much as €10 billion.

Five months after partnering with Renault, Wandercraft has signed its second industrial customer, Italian auto supplier SAPA, to deploy its Calvin-40 humanoid in manufacturing.

Software giant SAP is partnering with a slate of robotics firms, including Humanoid and Neura Robotics, to give robots "business context awareness." New pilots at BITZER and Martur Fompak show robots taking orders directly from SAP''s warehouse management software.

German industrial giant Schaeffler will not only deploy thousands of Neura''s 4NE-1 humanoids by 2035 but will also co-develop and supply key actuators for the robots, feeding real-world data into Neura''s ''Neuraverse'' AI ecosystem.

A recent LA Times report highlights the massive, low-tech effort to gather real-world data for robots. This data bottleneck is the central challenge in robotics, and top companies are making wildly different bets on how to solve it—from human-video capture and teleoperation to massive simulation.

Neura Robotics has announced the NEURA Gym, a large-scale physical training facility designed to generate real-world interaction data from hundreds of robots. The initiative aims to solve one of the biggest challenges in robotics: creating AI models that can reliably transfer skills from simulation to the complexities of the physical world.

German firm NEURA Robotics and Indian auto-tech giant Sona Comstar have signed an MoU to jointly develop and manufacture cognitive robots and humanoids, signaling a major push to industrialize advanced automation in India.

German humanoid robotics firm Neura Robotics has established a significant branch office in Hangzhou, China, with a registered capital of €45 million. The move, discovered via public corporate records, points to a strategic effort to tap into China's robust robotics supply chain to scale production of its 4NE-1 humanoid.

At Automatica 2025, NEURA Robotics unveiled the third generation of its 4NE-1 humanoid, now designed for safe human collaboration, alongside the new MiPA cognitive service robot. The launch highlights the expanding Neuraverse, an AI-driven ecosystem aiming to democratize robotics through shared learning and an "app-store" for robot skills, signaling NEURA’s push for mass-market cognitive robotics.

NEURA Robotics is poised to reveal the third generation of its 4NE-1 humanoid robot at Automatica 2025 in Munich, Germany. The highly anticipated launch is expected to showcase significant advancements in actuation, dexterity, sensory capabilities (including "robot skin"), and AI, moving the 4NE-1 closer to a market-ready, general-purpose machine capable of versatile applications in both industrial and domestic environments. CEO David Reger has stated his ambition for this new iteration to be the "best humanoid robot on the planet."

In a new podcast interview with host Scott Walter, Neura Robotics CEO David Reger discusses the company's foundational vision for cognitive robotics, the strategic importance of the Neuraverse platform, and deep dives into the engineering behind their humanoid robots, including the 4NE-1. Key takeaways highlight their approach to in-house development and the evolving landscape of human-robot interaction.

Two major robotics events, the Humanoids Summit in London and the Embodied Intelligence Developer Conference in Shanghai, are taking place simultaneously on May 29-30, 2025. London focuses on mass production and investment with key industry leaders, while Shanghai highlights strong policy support, talent development, and practical applications, underscoring a global acceleration in the humanoid robotics field.

NEURA Robotics, SAP, and NVIDIA have announced a strategic collaboration to integrate SAP's business AI and NVIDIA's digital twin technology with NEURA's cognitive robots. The partnership aims to create 'physical Business AI,' enabling robots to act on real-time enterprise data and perform complex tasks autonomously via the Neuraverse platform.

A PatentVest analysis reveals a significant disconnect between venture capital funding and intellectual property defensibility among humanoid robotics startups, raising questions about long-term viability in a rapidly evolving market.

Soft Robotics Podcast host Marwa ElDiwiny and engineer Scott Walter dissect the rotary-vs-linear actuator debate shaping today’s humanoid robots—explaining why most builders favor compact rotary joints while others bet on planetary-roller-screw cylinders.

Corporate venture capital investment in robotics startups surged 183% YoY in Q1 2024, reaching $1.3 billion across 34 deals. Driven by AI advancements and manufacturing needs like onshoring, corporations are investing both to supply components for and deploy next‑generation robots, most notably humanoids.

Figure CEO Brett Adcock refuted a Fast Company claim that his company uses planetary roller screws, stating Figure relies on rotary actuators. The dispute highlights a key design debate in humanoid robotics: direct rotary drive versus linear actuators (which use screws) with linkages, as detailed by expert Scott Walter.

In a dynamic move poised to revolutionize the robotics industry, Neura Robotics is preparing to launch the third generation of its humanoid robot.