NEURA 4NE1 GEN4 – THE HUMANOID 20% LIGHTER

Germany's NEURA Robotics just pulled the sheet off its most human-looking humanoid yet, and this walkthrough explains what actually changed. The 4NE1 Gen 4 is 20% lighter than its predecessor, wrapped in a textile outer skin that makes it read as a coworker rather than a machine, with 'Smart Limbs' that put reflexes directly in each limb so it can react instantly without waiting on the brain. Its Neuron AI perception-language-action model fuses vision, touch, force, sound and its own body state into action, which is what lets it tell whether a fastener genuinely clicked into place. The reveal happened as NEURA and the Technical University of Munich opened the 2,300-square-metre TUM RoboGym in Munich, where Gen 4 units are already training industrial tasks alongside partners from more than ten industries. A useful, sceptical look at whether a robot built for series production is truly ready to work. By: Robotics Central, published at October 30, 2026.