Neura Robotics GmbH, robotics, Metzingen, Germany

Collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, humanoid robots, and AI were technologies that stood out at Automate 2024 in terms of the number of demonstrations and presentations on the topic at this year’s show. For NEURA Robotics, who made waves at the event with its cognitive robots, this is the company’s wheelhouse. TECH B2B Marketing’s Winn Hardin and Jimmy Carroll had the opportunity to speak with the company’s founder and CEO David Reger Automate to discuss his company’s first appearance at Automate 2024, along with the product offerings that NEURA Robotics brings to the market.

Reger also explains his vision for smarter, cognitive robots with built-in sensing paired with a robust software platform for safe robots that serve humans. He explains the added benefits cognitive robots bring to the shop floor when compared with traditional robotic counterparts. Additionally, they discuss the potential and limitations of humanoid robots and what it's like to enter the robotics market as a startup today.

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As NVIDIA announced at ACM SIGGRAPH:
NEURA Robotics is among the first joining the early access NVIDIA Humanoid Robot Developer Program.

The NEURA product portfolio includes cobots for current industrial applications (LARA series), the first cognitive cobot (MAiRA), mobile robots and manipulators, and the 4NE-1 humanoid robot. This provides the NVIDIA Omniverse with the most diverse robot portfolio based on a single AI-integrated platform.

From September 2024, all Neuraverse partners and customers will benefit from the foundation model of NVIDIA's Project GR00T and related enhancements.

The NVIDIA Jetson Thor, used with cognitive solutions from NEURA Robotics, enhances on-device AI, delivering high-performance outputs in scenarios on the edge.

The combination of the Omniverse and the Neuraverse platform creates a global technology ecosystem that will significantly speed up the development and deployment of both cognitive and humanoid robots.

David Reger, founder and visionary of NEURA Robotics, commented on the collaboration: "This initiative aligns perfectly with our mission to serve humanity using groundbreaking robotic technologies. We are happy to bring valuable support to the NVIDIA infrastructure while benefiting from NVIDIA's advanced technologies and platforms. As the world's only company with cognitive robots currently in the field, we are excited to share our substantial experience in operations, control, and simulation with NVIDIA. By combining NEURA's innovative cognitive robotics solutions with NVIDIA's advanced computing power and simulation platforms, we will push the boundaries of humanoid robotics even faster.

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