Neura Robotics and TUM Build 17 Million Euro Robot Training Center

Neura Robotics and the Technical University of Munich jointly built a robot research and training center invested with 17 million euros near Munich Airport, and simultaneously released Neura's latest generation 4NE1 humanoid robot.

The facility is named “Neura-driven TUM RoboGym,” located in the LabCampus campus, covering an area of over 2300 square meters, integrating robot research, training, and industrial applications.

The facility was jointly built with the Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich, enabling companies to bring real industrial tasks into the research environment, allowing robots to learn and test new skills within it.

Currently, companies from over ten industries, including automotive, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, packaging, logistics, agriculture, and care, are participating.

Tasks currently being trained include moving cardboard boxes, filling bottles, and loading and unloading wooden components.

David Rege, founder and CEO of Neura Robotics, said: ``Our company has knowledge that has been accumulated over generations. People know how to process materials, assemble components, and master complex processes.

In the era of physical AI, this knowledge is one of our greatest advantages. We are jointly developing a powerful engine for physical capabilities with the Technical University of Munich, enabling these insights to become the foundation for new possibilities. Especially small and medium-sized enterprises should be able to participate in shaping this future.

“By releasing the 4NE1 fourth-generation humanoid robot, we today showcased which robots are already ready: they are designed for mass production, built for efficient work, and driven by our self-developed foundational model Neuron AI, which can learn from experience in the Neura Training Arena. It is developed, manufactured, and trained in Germany, serving the world.”

Train robots from real-world experience

RoboGym combines three methods for generating physical AI training data: real-world robot operations, human demonstration actions, and simulation.

Human workflows can be captured using sensor-equipped data clothing, motion capture, and remote operation, while virtual environments can provide more varied scenarios, which can then be validated using physical robots.

Neura's Neuraverse connects the training infrastructure with the company's software and AI tools.

Professor Thomas Hofmann, Rector of the Technical University of Munich, stated: “The TUM RoboGym Robotics Center is unique in Germany and Europe. By collaborating with a robot manufacturer based in Germany, we have sent a clear signal about Germany as an industrial base, even during a period of geopolitical uncertainty.”

Neura released the fourth generation robot 4NE1

Neura also used this opening event to launch the latest version of its humanoid robot, 4NE1 Gen 4.

The company stated that the new generation model is 20% lighter than the previous one, featuring a thinner body, fabric casing with sensor functionality, more advanced hands, and 'smart limbs' capable of independently responding to the surrounding environment.

4NE1 Gen 4 runs Neura's perception-language-action model Neuron AI, which utilizes various input information such as vision, touch, force, and sound to convert perception into action.

This humanoid robot is currently being prepared for mass production and has already been put into use at the Neura Training Gym facilities.

The TUM RoboGym plan is initially for three years. Neura and TUM jointly invest approximately 17 million euros, of which approximately 11 million euros come from Neura.

Professor Lorenzo Maschi, Executive Director of TUM MIRMI and Head of TUM RoboGym, stated: “TUM MIRMI and Neura Robotics have found two partners capable of achieving great things together.

“By leveraging our world-leading scientific expertise, we are now able to collaborate with a strong industrial partner to develop specific application solutions for the market, making industrial robots an important part of the German economy.”

This Munich facility is planned to become the first node of Neura Training Center's international network, with more sites planned to be established in Europe, the U.S., and China in the future. Another German facility is currently under development in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Aachen.

Regg said: ``We hope enterprises can bring their own experience into the next industrial era. Help them develop capabilities, protect their know-how, and decide autonomously when and under what conditions to open these capabilities to others.''}}.

“The project we are launching today in Munich means much more than this location itself. Starting from Europe, we are striving for the world as a whole.”Return to the previous page for more information