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Business Wire
10-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
GFT and NEURA Robotics Create Strategic Partnership to Build Next Generation Software for Physical AI
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GFT Technologies has been selected as a strategic partner by NEURA Robotics to develop the software platform powering the next generation of physical AI – underscoring GFT's technological strength and marking its entry into one of the most dynamic sectors of the decade. NEURA Robotics, a global pioneer in cognitive robotics, is creating intelligent machines that learn, adapt, and act autonomously in real-world environments. Following the successful completion of a next generation software platform project, and based on its deep expertise in data, AI, and high-performance architecture, GFT is ideally positioned to partner with NEURA Robotics' mission to bridge the gap between software intelligence and physical action. 'Being chosen as a strategic partner by NEURA Robotics is a powerful validation of GFT's next generation technology leadership,' said Marco Santos, Global CEO of GFT. 'We are bringing our core AI software and digital platform expertise into the robotics realm—extending our responsible AI-centric strategy into a sector that's set to transform industry and everyday life alike: robotics and physical AI.' 'With GFT, we have found a strategic partner that shares our vision of bringing cognitive robotics into real-world application. Their deep technological expertise and strong track record in AI software engineering and in complex and highly regulated industries helps us close the gap between AI insight and physical execution – laying the foundation for a new era of intelligent machines,' said David Reger founder and CEO at NEURA Robotics. This partnership not only reinforces GFT's credentials as a global innovation leader but also opens up new growth opportunities in the booming robotics sector. This press release is also available for download via the GFT newsroom About GFT GFT Technologies is a digital transformation pioneer. We design AI-centric business solutions, modernise technology infrastructures, and develop next-generation core systems for industry leaders in Banking, Insurance, and Manufacturing. Partnering closely with our clients, we push boundaries to unlock their full potential. With deep industry expertise, cutting-edge technology, and a strong partner ecosystem, GFT delivers AI-centric solutions that combine engineering excellence, high-performance delivery, and cost efficiency. This makes us a trusted partner for sustainable impact and customer success. Our team of 12,000+ technology experts operate in 20+ countries worldwide, offering career opportunities at the forefront of software innovation. GFT Technologies SE (GFT-XE) is listed in the SDAX index of the German Stock Exchange. About NEURA Robotics NEURA Robotics was founded in 2019 by David Reger to close relevant innovation gaps and usher in the era of cognitive robotics. The award-winning innovators from Metzingen pursue a strict "one-device" approach across their entire product range - from industrial to household robots. Behind this is the idea of a smartphone with arms and legs, combining all central components and sensors for physical artificial intelligence in one device. With the "Neuraverse," the company creates the prerequisites for the iPhone moment in robotics and bridges the gap between technology and humanity. Fundamental cognitive abilities, safety and operating system, and a partner-open development environment enable the scaling of robotics applications in unprecedented ways. A growing range of apps and autonomous learning open up a wide field of applications for robots of all types in everyday society, as well as previously unattainable flexibility and cost efficiency in automation. The robotics hub emerging around NEURA attracts many international market leaders. NEURA Robotics has established partnerships with Kawasaki Robotics, Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies, Delta Electronics, and other leading manufacturers. All innovations and technological components required for this success, including Al, are developed by NEURA Robotics itself. This has set new standards in physical Al, precision, and safety. NEURA's cognitive robots can see, hear, and have a sense of touch. They act fully autonomously and learn from experience. At Automatica 2025, NEURA is presenting the third generation of the humanoid all-purpose robot 4NE1. NEURA is also bringing MiPA, the world's first cognitive household and service robot, to market.
Forbes
27-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
This Humanoid Robot Can Lift 220 Pounds But Has Super-Sensitive Skin
Neura Robotics' CEO David Reger with the third-generation 4NE-1 humanoid robot Neura Robotics Neura Robotics officially unveiled the third generation of its 4NE-1 humanoid robot this week, along with a household robot named MiPa, an open robotics ecosystem called the Neuraverse, and a vision for an app store for robots. The 4NE-1 humanoid robot is powerful but also sensitive: able to lift more than any other humanoid robot I've seen, but also able to sense human touch. Additionally, Neura said it plans to ship 5,000,000 robots of varying kinds by 2030–significantly more than the 100,000 Figure plans to ship –and that the first shipping 4NE-1 humanoid robots would be delivered this year. 'We are excited to launch a series of robots,' CEO David Reger told me last week on the TechFirst podcast. 'There is also a household device MiPa coming, and also new other industrial robot types, but in the end I think the core is actually the Neuraverse platform, which is combining all of this on one platform and makes it actually scalable and reachable to reach the five million humanoid robots on this planet.' The big news on the hardware side is a full launch of 4NE-1, which Reger says is now production ready. This is a beast of a humanoid robot, with 100kg or 220-pound lift capacity with its legs, and 10kg or 22 pounds with its hands. After teasing this launch in March , Neura delivered. As specced by the company, 4NE-1 is a technological marvel, with seven cameras, LIDAR, and much more. It will be capable of doing a backflip, Reger says, which not only summons up visions of Boston Dynamics' humanoid robots, but also speaks to speed coupled with power. 4NE-1 is one of the first humanoid robots that will have skin. While Neura isn't revealing too many details about the skin on 4NE-1, based on what he did say, it sounds like a capacitive touch sensor capability like that on your smartphone's screen. It can sense near touch, actual touch, and the strength or power of that touch. Interestingly, it will be applied via a spray-on process, and the result won't be visually distinguishable from the rest of the robot. And while it won't cover the whole robot, it likely will be on the hands, arms, and torso. Why put skin on a robot? It's critical for how Neura wants humanoid robots to interact with and work with humans safely in close quarters. 'The skin is actually … of our biggest gifts,' Reger says. "Having the ability to have the feeling of touch gives you a complete different way of how humans interact with each other.' 4NE-1's skin will sense proximity before actual touch, he added, making interactions safer, more precise, and emotionally intelligent. While the hardware news is always the headline-grabber, probably the more important news is the backend technology. That includes Neura's Omnisensor technology, which fuses location and spatial awareness from seven cameras, a LIDAR system, and even a microphone to help each 4NE-1 unit know where it is, proximity to objects and humans, and how to get what it needs while avoiding what it should not hit. Neura Robotics' third-generation 4NE-1 humanoid robot Neura Robotics Integrating all that data will be some fairly serious onboard technology. Reger didn't say what kind of CPUs or GPUs 4NE-1 will include, but it is worth noting that Nvidia is a technology partner of Neura Robotics. Neura is also partnering with Nvidia on 'robot gyms' where robots learn tasks and develop abilities. Another major piece of new technology supporting Neura's robotic roll-out is the 'Neuraverse.' Neuraverse is an operating system, a development platform for robotics, and an app store for skills, abilities, and even microservices that anyone can come to, build capabilities, and release them for sale. What one robot learns, all others can know instantly. Developers and companies employing humanoid robots can buy, sell, or offer for free abilities like welding specific parts or building a specific product. 'We are fundamentally changing how people interact with machines,' says Reger. "Our Neuraverse is the product that connects everything: the operating system of the robotics era." MiPa is a wheeled personal assistant robot John Koetsier Finally, Neura also unveiled MiPa, a wheeled robot that will be more affordable for the home market. While anyone can use it, one specific designed use case is assisting the elderly with being able to remain in their own homes and age in place, Reger says. Neura calls MiPa 'the world's first cognitive household and service robot suitable for real everyday use.' MiPa will be able to vacuum, unload dishwashers, clean up rooms, and monitor health signs. In fact, Neura says, MiPa supports IoT and health device standards and can connect with wearables to collect data, analyze sleep, and more. As all of Neura's other robots, MiPa will be connected to the Neuraverse, meaning it can learn new skills instantly from other robots and apply them locally. Neura is entering an increasingly crowded humanoid robot market that has yet to fully deliver on its promise of an always-on, cheap, capable, and reliable workforce, but 4NE-1 is a compelling entrant. I'm not certain that 4NE-1 delivers on the company's vision of having the most capable humanoid on the planet, but it's a contender. If humanoid robots is our version of the space race, as Apptronik CEO Jeff Cardenas told me recently, Neura Robotics is Europe's leading challenger. What we haven't seen yet is video on how 4NE-1 walks and moves, which will be critical for starting to understand how capable this robot is in a factory or warehouse.
