4NE-1
4NE-1 is the humanoid from Neura Robotics of Metzingen, Germany, first revealed in 2023 and shown in a third generation at Automatica 2025. Neura, founded by David Reger in 2019, also makes cognitive industrial robots and positions 4NE-1 for factories and later households.
Neura Robotics press imageWe have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Prototype
- Category
- general purpose
- First revealed
- 2023
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 80 kg
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric, in-house actuators
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Third generation shown at Automatica in June 2025; pilots with industrial partners; not generally available.
What stands out
- Third generation at Automatica June 2025
- Part of the Neuraverse ecosystem
- Germany's main humanoid program
Hands, sensors, brain
- AI stack: Neuraverse platform, Nvidia Isaac
Price and volume
no public price
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, 4NE-1 sits at #35 of 107 with 40 points: deployment 20/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 8/20. See that method.
Where 4NE-1 works.
| Customer | Site | Sector | Task | Since | Status | Units | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaeffler | Schaeffler plants, Germany | automotive | Handling tasks in manufacturing under a strategic partnership | Sep 2024 | pilot | n/d | mixed |
Europe's humanoids: who builds them and what you can order
31 of the 182 humanoids on record come from seven European countries. Three can be ordered, two have a price, and the dearest of those is $75,000 for a robot that does not walk.
Startups, automakers, universities: who builds humanoids
108 makers, nine kinds. Startups hold 37 of the 44 humanoids you can order. Automakers, universities, big tech, conglomerates and NASA hold 45 robots between them and sell none of them.
Where humanoids actually work: 52 deployments, counted
We track 52 humanoid deployments at named sites. Eighteen are in car plants, exactly half are live, and six say how many robots turned up. Those six add up to 41 machines.
Sources
- 01Neura RoboticsNeura Robotics
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