NEURA Robotics unveiled its new humanoid, the 4NE1 Gen 4, on October 22, the day the TUM RoboGym opened in Munich. Built with the Technical University of Munich, the center sits at LabCampus near Munich Airport and spans more than 2,300 square meters. Companies there teach robots real tasks such as folding boxes and assembling components, skills that require physical experience rather than data taken from the internet.
The center brings together research, training and industrial application. According to its partners, it is one of Europe's most advanced centers for embodied artificial intelligence, AI that works through a physical body. Initially about 100 humanoid and service robots will learn skills in 48 training cells. The core problem is data scarcity: unlike ChatGPT, which draws on vast amounts of text online, a robot needs data gathered from real physical interactions, which is currently rare.
The robot: lighter and ready for production
The 4NE1 Gen 4 is slimmer than its predecessor, has a black textile covering and is 20% lighter. NEURA says it is preparing the robot for series production. It runs on NEURON AI, the company's multimodal foundation model for physical AI: it sees in 3D, senses contact and force, hears what it cannot see and remembers what it has already done. All of this runs locally on the robot. Advanced hands allow a more accurate grip.
The machine was also presented on a second stage, a sign of how NEURA wants it to become the flagship of its range. The company describes it as already operating at the centre, where it builds experience on assigned tasks.
Behind the opening
The project is a joint investment of about 17 million euros over three years. More NEURA Gyms are planned in Europe, the United States and China, starting with one in Aachen. Partners from several industries have been training robots there since September, and the 4NE1 Gen 4 is the first machine NEURA shows publicly in its new form.
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