Neura Robotics and TUM opened the RoboGym center for €17 million and introduced the humanoid robot 4NE1
English translation from Unibot. Source published 2026-10-29.
A robotics center has opened in Munich for 17 million euros. Neura Robotics and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have launched a research and training center near Munich Airport.
At the same time, a new generation of humanoid 4NE1 was introduced.
What is RoboGym
TUM RoboGym powered by Neura occupies more than 2,300 square meters in the LabCampus. Here scientific research, robot training and industrial tasks are combined.
The center was built together with the Munich Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at TUM. Companies can bring real production problems here - and the robots learn directly in the research environment.
Enterprises from more than ten industries have already joined: the automotive industry, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, packaging, logistics, agriculture, human care.
What are the machines taught? Tasks include handling cardboard boxes, bottling, and loading and unloading wooden parts.
Words from the founder of Neura
David Reger, founder and CEO of Neura Robotics, says: “Our companies hold knowledge accumulated over generations. People know how to work with materials, assemble components, and cope with complex processes. In the age of physical AI, this knowledge is one of our greatest strengths. Together with TUM we are building a competence center where this experience will become the basis for new opportunities. It is especially important that medium-sized businesses can participate in shaping this future.”
“With the launch of the 4NE1 Gen 4 humanoid, we are showing which robots are ready for this: designed for mass production, built for real work and controlled by Neuron AI - our own foundation model that learns from experience at NEURA Gyms. Designed, built and trained in Germany - for the world."
Learning from real experience
RoboGym combines three approaches to collecting data to train physical AI: real robots, human demonstrations, and simulation.
Human actions are recorded using sensor suits, motion capture and telecontrol. Virtual environments add variations, which are then tested on physical robots. And the Neuraverse platform connects the entire training infrastructure with the company’s software and AI tools.
Professor Thomas Hofmann, President of TUM, says: “The TUM RoboGym Center is unique in Germany and Europe. By collaborating with a robot manufacturer from Germany, we are sending a clear message: the country remains a manufacturing location even in geopolitically turbulent times.”
What can 4NE1 Gen 4 do?
At the opening they showed 4NE1 Gen 4 - a new version of the humanoid. According to the company, the new model is 20 percent lighter than its predecessor. The body is slimmer, the outside has a touch-sensitive textile shell, and the hands are more advanced. And “smart limbs” can independently react to their surroundings.
The robot runs on Neuron AI - a model of perception, language and action from Neura. It receives visual, tactile, force and audio data, and then turns perception into movement. The humanoid is being prepared for mass production; some of the machines are already working at the Neura Gym sites.
Timing and expansion plans
The TUM RoboGym project is initially designed for three years. Neura and TUM are investing approximately 17 million euros, of which approximately 11 million are contributed by Neura.
Professor Lorenzo Masia, Executive Director of TUM MIRMI and Head of TUM RoboGym, says: “TUM MIRMI and NEURA Robotics have found each other - together we can achieve a lot. Drawing on our world-class scientific expertise, together with a strong industrial partner we are preparing concrete solutions for the market and making industrial robotics an important factor for the German economy.”
The Munich site should become the first in the international network of Neura Gyms. Next are Europe, the USA and China. Another center in Germany is being developed with RWTH Aachen.
Reger adds: “We want companies to take their expertise into the next industrial era. They developed competencies, protected know-how and decided for themselves where and under what conditions to share them with others. What we discover today in Munich should have an impact far beyond this place. From Europe - together, for the whole world."