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| NEURA Robotics | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Full name | NEURA Robotics GmbH |
| Founded | 26 March 2019 |
| Founder & CEO | David Reger |
| Headquarters | Gutenbergstrasse 44, Metzingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany |
| Industry | Robotics, Humanoid robots, Artificial intelligence |
| Products | MAiRA, LARA, MAV, MiPA, 4NE-1, Neuraverse |
| Total funding | ~$1.48 billion (5 rounds, 2022 to 2026) |
| Reported valuation | ~EUR 4 billion (March 2026) |
| Employees | ~478 (Feb 2026); 600+ reported by the company |
| Order book | ~EUR 1 billion |
| Production target | 5 million robots by 2030 |
| Website | neura-robotics.com |
NEURA Robotics is a German high-tech robotics company founded in 2019 by David Reger in Metzingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, about 30 km south of Stuttgart. The firm designs cognitive robots: machines combining industrial hardware with onboard artificial intelligence so they perceive their surroundings, learn new tasks, and operate safely alongside people without cages. Its lineup spans the MAiRA cobot family, the LARA lightweight cobot, the MAV mobile platform, the MiPA service robot, and the 4NE-1 humanoid. NEURA describes itself as the first European company to design a humanoid for series production, and runs the Neuraverse, an open app store for robot skills built on NEURON OS.[1][2][3]
In January 2025 it closed a EUR 120 million Series B led by Lingotto Investment Management; in March 2026 reports surfaced that Tether Holdings was leading a roughly EUR 1 billion ($1.2 billion) Series C at a valuation near EUR 4 billion. By early 2026 NEURA cited an order book around EUR 1 billion, white-label deals with Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Omron, and a manufacturing partnership with Bosch.[4][5][6][7]
David Reger registered the company in Metzingen on 26 March 2019, originally as Han's Robot Germany GmbH, the European subsidiary of Chinese robot maker Han's Robot. Reger used the GmbH to rethink the cobot category around cognitive robotics: hardware with sensing, planning, and learning baked in rather than added as a software layer. The company was renamed NEURA Robotics in 2020 and began launching its own products. Reger was later named Innovator of the Year in Germany and won the special Innovator of the Year prize at the German Innovation Award 2025.[1][3][8]
NEURA introduced LARA (Lightweight Agile Robotic Assistant) in November 2020, a low-cost collaborative arm. Through 2021 and 2022 it built the MAV mobile robot, capable of carrying up to 1.5 tons for automotive and logistics.[2][9]
Its flagship cobot, MAiRA, was marketed as the world's first commercially available cognitive robot. MAiRA fuses 3D vision, force sensors, microphones, and onboard AI so operators can program tasks by demonstration or speech. The MAiRA Pro range ships in three sizes (S, M, L) with payloads from 5 to 25 kg, built in Germany under a TUV-certified safety architecture up to PL e / SIL 3.[10][11]
In July 2023 NEURA raised a $55 million Series A; an extension added $16 million in late 2023 from InterAlpen Partners (USA). It moved production from China to Germany in February 2024 and announced the Omron Robotics partnership in April 2024 for OMRON-branded iCR cobots based on MAiRA.[4][12]
On 14 January 2025 NEURA announced a EUR 120 million Series B led by Lingotto Investment Management, the investment arm of Exor (the Agnelli family holding). Other investors included BlueCrest Capital, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, InterAlpen Partners, Vsquared Ventures, HV Capital, Delta Electronics, C4 Ventures, L-Bank, and Reger himself. NEURA said it had doubled headcount to over 300 employees, grown revenue tenfold, and built an order book around EUR 1 billion.[4][5]
In March 2026 Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and the Robot Report reported that stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings was leading a roughly EUR 1 billion ($1.2 billion) Series C at a post-money valuation around EUR 4 billion. Earlier talks in November 2025 had floated $9 to $12 billion, but figures at deal close settled near EUR 4 billion. As of February 2026, Tracxn reported about 478 employees; later 2026 NEURA materials cite over 600 employees across 45 nationalities.[6][7][13]
In October 2025 NEURA opened a hub in Hangzhou, China, including the first NEURAGym in Asia, and signed partnerships with Alibaba Cloud and other Chinese firms. Zurich and Munich offices grew through 2025 and 2026. CES 2026 served as the public stage for the next-generation 4NE-1, the 4NE-1 Mini, and a new Quadruped robot, with Spencer Huang from NVIDIA and David Kehr from Schaeffler joining Reger.[14][15]
NEURA describes its portfolio as a one-device approach: industrial and household robots share one software stack and learn collectively through the Neuraverse.
| Product | Type | Payload / size | Primary use |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAiRA Pro S / M / L | Cognitive cobot, 7 axes | 5 to 25 kg, 850 to 1,800 mm reach | Welding, assembly, grinding, inspection, medical |
| LARA | Lightweight cobot | 3 to 12 kg payload | Repetitive tasks, machine tending |
| MAV | Autonomous mobile platform | Up to 1.5 t | Material transport in automotive and logistics |
| MiPA | Service / household robot | Two-armed mobile manipulator | Vacuuming, dishwasher unloading, eldercare |
| 4NE-1 | Bipedal humanoid | 1.8 m, 80 kg, 15 kg payload, 3 km/h | Trades, workshops, industrial logistics, future household work |
| 4NE-1 Mini | Compact bipedal humanoid | Smaller form factor, same cognitive stack | Research, education, customer interaction |
| NEURA Quadruped | Four-legged robot | Unveiled at CES 2026 | Inspection, outdoor patrol, complex terrain |
MAiRA (Multi-sensing Intelligent Robotic Assistant) is the technical centrepiece. It combines AI-based 3D vision, audio processing, and onboard force sensing so the robot identifies parts, detects human presence, and replans motion in real time. Operators set up tasks through a tablet or voice rather than by writing kinematic code. MAiRA is the basis of the OMRON iCR series and Kawasaki's CL Series cobots, both carrying a "powered by NEURA" mark.[10][16][17]
LARA is the entry-level cobot, MAV handles in-factory and warehouse transport, and MiPA is the domestic service robot, billed as the first cognitive household robot for everyday use. MiPA is a two-armed mobile manipulator with cameras and environmental sensors that NEURA showed at the OMR Festival in Hamburg and at Automatica 2025. Pilot deliveries began in 2025, with applications such as dishwasher unloading and basic health checks built by partners on the Neuraverse.[2][9][18]
The 4NE-1 (pronounced for anyone) is NEURA's bipedal humanoid. The third generation was unveiled at Automatica 2025 in Munich: 1.8 m tall, roughly 80 kg, 15 kg payload, walking up to 3 km/h. High-torque leg joints develop around 490 Nm; the patented Omnisensor, with seven cameras and an Artificial Skin sensing layer, lets the robot detect contact before it happens. The same hardware is rated to lift up to 100 kg statically. The 2026 4NE-1 Mini variant debuted at a VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga match (matchday 26), handing off a microphone and a match ball during the club's Innovation Match Day. To build at volume, NEURA designed the NEURA Hive: a production cell where several robots in a circle assemble new robots.[19][20][21]
The Neuraverse ties the lineup together: NEURA calls it the world's first scalable robotics app store. It runs on NEURON OS, which handles sensor fusion, motion control, and software updates across all NEURA hardware, with open APIs so partners can build apps without seeing NEURA's underlying IP. A skill demonstrated on one robot (such as a welding sequence developed with Abicor Binzel) can be packaged and downloaded by another robot in a different factory, like a smartphone app update.[18][22]
NEURA pairs the software with NEURA Gyms: physical training facilities where robots practise tasks under controlled variability, generating real-world data for Neuraverse models. The first NEURAGym in Asia opened in Hangzhou in October 2025. A larger facility, TUM RoboGym, was announced on 10 March 2026 with the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich: 2,300 sq m at TUM's Convergence Center at Munich Airport, with a launch investment near EUR 17 million (about EUR 11 million from NEURA). A fleet of humanoids starts training there from mid-2026. NEURA calls it Europe's largest scientific training centre for Physical AI.[15][23]
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead / key investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Early rounds | ~EUR 50 million | European investor consortium |
| July 2023 | Series A | $55 million | Lingotto, Vsquared Ventures, HV Capital, others |
| Late 2023 | Series A extension | $16 million | InterAlpen Partners (USA) |
| 14 January 2025 | Series B | EUR 120 million (~$123 million) | Lingotto (lead), BlueCrest, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, InterAlpen, Vsquared, HV Capital, Delta Electronics, C4 Ventures, L-Bank, David Reger |
| March 2026 | Series C (reported) | Tether Holdings (lead) |
The Series C was first reported in November 2025 and confirmed by Bloomberg and the Financial Times in early March 2026. Bloomberg put the post-money valuation at around EUR 4 billion, placing NEURA among the most valuable private humanoid-robotics companies in the world.[5][6][7][13]
NEURA's commercial model leans on co-development and white-label deals with industrial groups.
| Partner | Year | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Omron Robotics | April 2024 | OMRON iCR cognitive cobot based on MAiRA; launched at Automate 2024 |
| Kawasaki Robotics (Kawasaki Heavy Industries) | 2024 | Kawasaki CL Series cobots (3 to 10 kg), branded "powered by NEURA" |
| Delta Electronics | 2024 to 2025 | Investor and supplier of drives and motion components |
| NVIDIA | 2024 to 2026 | Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, GR00T humanoid model, Jetson compute; Humanoid Robot Developer Program |
| SAP and NVIDIA | June 2025 | Three-way Physical AI collaboration: SAP Joule, NEURA robots, NVIDIA Omniverse digital twins |
| BITZER | 2025 | Pilot of 4NE-1 doing warehouse picking, jointly with SAP |
| Bosch (Robert Bosch GmbH) | January 2026 | Strategic technology partnership; joint data collection, co-developed software, support for scaling |
| Dassault Systemes | 2025 to 2026 | 3DEXPERIENCE platform for design, simulation, and lifecycle |
| TUM / MIRMI | March 2026 | TUM RoboGym Physical AI training centre at Munich Airport |
| Alibaba Cloud | October 2025 | Cloud partnership at the Hangzhou site opening |
| Amazon Web Services | April 2026 | Cloud for the Neuraverse, NEURA Gym data into Amazon SageMaker, exploratory deployments in Amazon fulfilment centres |
| Qualcomm | March 2026 | Compute collaboration for Physical AI and cognitive robotics |
| Vodafone | 2024 to 2025 | 5G connectivity for fleets of NEURA robots |
| NODE Robotics | 2024 to 2025 | NODE.move navigation stack for MAV |
| Porsche Consulting | 2025 | Industrial deployment consulting; called NEURA robots a "real colleague" |
NEURA is also part of the "Made for Germany" industrial initiative launched in 2025; PRIMEPULSE SE, a Munich-based technology holding, is a long-standing strategic investor.[16][17][24][25][26]
NEURA's pitch is that bolting AI onto generic industrial arms as a software layer will not scale to humanoids or to small-batch manufacturing. The company designs sensors, joints, controllers, and AI together. In practice:
Not every observer is convinced. Reporting around the Tether-led Series C noted that the EUR 1 billion order book includes long-dated partner agreements and white-label volumes, and that the EUR 4 billion valuation is well ahead of current shipped revenue. NEURA competes against Tesla Optimus, Figure AI, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, and Chinese rivals such as Unitree and Fourier; whether the platform strategy holds against vertically integrated rivals is an open question. The company's answer is to keep stacking industrial partnerships (Bosch, Omron, Kawasaki, SAP, AWS) and to emphasise that its robots are built in Germany under European safety standards.[6][7][24]