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# Germany’s humanoid got dressed. The Gen 4 datasheet didn’t.
- URL: https://hive.behindrobotics.com/neura-4ne1-gen4/
- Published: 2026-10-23T23:20:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:20:20.000Z
- Description: NEURA unveiled 4NE1 Gen 4 with a textile skin and a Munich data gym — but no Gen 4 datasheet. June’s sheet still says 80 kg; ~64 kg is our calc from the −20% claim.
- Author: Christian Connolly
- Tags: Civil, Humanoids, Companies, editorial

CivilHumanoidsNEURA · 4NE1 Gen 4 · TUM RoboGym · Oct 22

On October 22, 2026, Germany’s **NEURA Robotics** unveiled **4NE1 Gen 4** at the opening of the **TUM RoboGym** near Munich Airport — wrapped in a black textile skin, billed as **20% lighter**, and already training on the gym floor. What it did **not** publish: a Gen 4 datasheet, a price, or a delivery date. The only sheet still linked is June’s V7: **80 kg / 180 cm / 55 DoF**.

Key takeaways

- **Clothes first, sheet later:** Gen 4 gets a textile skin, slimmer body, Smart Limbs and Neuron AI onboard — all company claims. No Gen 4 mass, height, payload or DoF published as of Oct 24.
- **Last published mass:** June 5, 2026 datasheet V7 still lists **80 kg**, 180 cm, 55 DoF, 20 kg arm payload, 5 km/h. Confirmed company PDF.
- **\~64 kg = our calc:** 80 × 0.8 from the “20% lighter” claim. **Not a NEURA number.**
- **The real product may be the gym:** TUM RoboGym >2,300 m² at LabCampus; \~€17M over 3 years (\~€11M NEURA); partners from 10+ industries training since September; more gyms planned EU/US/China + RWTH Aachen.
- **Laundry claim open:** Neuron AI (Oct 14) promised an 11-minute fully autonomous laundry run at GTC Berlin. As of Oct 24: no run report, no uncut video, no intervention count.
- **No price / no delivery:** Series-production design is a company line — not a ship date.

80 kg

last published mass

June V7 datasheet · confirmed

−20%

lighter (claim)

no Gen 4 sheet · company

\~64 kg

our calc

80×0.8 · not NEURA’s

€17M

RoboGym · 3 yrs

\~€11M NEURA · company

**How to read this**Every Gen 4 hardware change below is a **NEURA company claim** unless labelled otherwise. The only confirmed 4NE1 physical numbers are from the June V7 datasheet. **\~64 kg is our arithmetic**, not a company figure. Peer masses on the chart are company-published sheets or product pages. The 11-minute laundry demo is a promised claim with no published run report as of Oct 24\. behindrobotics received no payment from NEURA, TUM or named peers.

![behindrobotics ranking of published humanoid masses: Digit 5 129 kg, Atlas Electric 90 kg, NEURA 4NE1 June V7 80 kg highlighted with Gen 4 sheet missing and ~64 kg our calc, Unitree H2 ~70 kg, Fourier GR-2 ≈63 kg, Unitree H1 ~47 kg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/09/37/09375154-b967-4c17-b211-df30f986b2a4/content/images/2026/10/behindrobotics-neura-4ne1-gen4-mass-2026-10-24.jpg)

Published humanoid mass — what the datasheet says. NEURA Gen 4 is highlighted as the gap: June V7 still at 80 kg; \~64 kg is our calc from the −20% claim. Data: company sheets/pages; claims labelled.

01 · The unveil

## Textile skin, series-production pitch — no new kg

NEURA’s [October 22 press release](https://neura-robotics.com/tum-robogym-munich-4ne1-gen4-launch/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com) pairs two headlines: the opening of the TUM RoboGym powered by NEURA, and the launch of 4NE1 Gen 4 (“For Anyone”). The hardware pitch is short and mostly qualitative. Gen 4 is **slimmer**, wears a **black textile outer skin**, is **20 percent lighter** than its predecessor, adds **Smart Limbs** (limb-local reflexes), improved hands, and runs **Neuron AI** onboard. It is “designed for serial production” and already in operation at the RoboGym and NEURA’s own gyms. All of that is company language.

What is missing is the block buyers and engineers actually print: weight, height, DoF, payload, battery, speed. NEURA’s product page still points the “Download Datasheet” link at [datasheet V7 dated June 5, 2026](https://neurarobotics.px.media/plk/cE/NEURA%5FRobotics%5F4NE1%5FDatasheet%5FWeb.pdf?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com) — **80 kg**, **180 cm**, **55 DoF**, **20 kg** arm payload, **5 km/h**. If the −20% claim applies to that 80 kg figure, the arithmetic lands near **64 kg**. That is **our calculation**, not a NEURA number, and NEURA has not said which prior-gen figures carry over.

Same day on [X](https://x.com/NEURARobotics/status/2113299561695400401?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com): Gen 4 at GTC Berlin, Jensen Huang signature, Lugano next — social proof, not a datasheet.

02 · The gym

## A data factory near Munich Airport

The RoboGym is the clearer capital commitment. More than **2,300 m²** at LabCampus near Munich Airport, built with TUM’s Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI). Partners put roughly **€17 million** over an initial three years; NEURA contributes about **€11 million** (robots, compute, staff). Companies from more than ten industries — automotive, pharma, packaging, logistics, agriculture, care — have been training workflows there since September, NEURA says. Capacity is “already in strong demand.” No customer names published.

Three data paths: real-world robot logs, human demos (suits, mocap, teleop), and simulation — skills shared through the Neuraverse. Munich is the first node of a planned EU/US/China network, plus RWTH Aachen. Gen 4 is the body NEURA wants collecting shop-floor experience for Neuron AI.

03 · The laundry gap

## Eleven minutes promised — receipts missing

On October 14, NEURA’s [Neuron AI announcement](https://neura-robotics.com/neura-robotics-introduces-neuron-ai/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com) promised that 4NE1 would complete an **eleven-minute laundry sequence** at NVIDIA GTC Berlin (Oct 20–22) — sort, load washer, close/reopen, unload, move to dryer — “fully autonomous from start to finish,” without human intervention. Gen 4 appeared at GTC; the company streamed from the show. As of October 24, we still do not have a published run report, an uncut video of the full sequence, or an intervention count. [roboticaguide](https://roboticaguide.com/neura-4ne1-gen-4-tum-robogym-munich/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com) (Oct 23) and Interesting Engineering flag the same gap.

Until those receipts exist, treat the laundry demo as a **company claim**.

04 · What peers publish

## Six sheets, one missing Gen 4

Peers who publish a mass: **Digit 5** (Agility) **129 kg**; **Atlas Electric** (Boston Dynamics) **90 kg**; **Unitree H2** \~**70 kg**; **Fourier GR-2** ≈**63 kg**; **Unitree H1** \~**47 kg**. NEURA’s last published number — June’s **80 kg** — sits mid-pack, with Gen 4’s claimed cut still unsheeted. Figure and Walker omitted (no clear company mass used here).

05 · What would change our mind

## Four signals after the clothes

- A Gen 4 datasheet with mass, height, DoF, payload and battery — not a −20% relative claim alone.
- A price and a delivery window for “series production.”
- A named RoboGym customer that moves a trained skill onto its own factory floor.
- An uncut laundry (or equivalent) run with intervention count — or an honest admission it needed help.

**Bottom line**Germany dressed its humanoid and opened a data-factory gym before it published a Gen 4 kg. The June sheet still says 80 kg; \~64 kg is our math from a company −20% claim. Until the sheet, the price and the laundry receipts land, treat Oct 22 as a gym-and-narrative event — not a spec milestone.

### Sources

1. NEURA — TUM RoboGym / 4NE1 Gen 4 launch (Oct 22, 2026): [neura-robotics.com](https://neura-robotics.com/tum-robogym-munich-4ne1-gen4-launch/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
2. NEURA 4NE1 datasheet V7 (05.06.2026) — 80 kg / 180 cm / 55 DoF / 20 kg arm / 5 km/h: [PDF](https://neurarobotics.px.media/plk/cE/NEURA%5FRobotics%5F4NE1%5FDatasheet%5FWeb.pdf?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
3. NEURA — Neuron AI / GTC laundry promise (Oct 14, 2026): [neura-robotics.com](https://neura-robotics.com/neura-robotics-introduces-neuron-ai/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
4. NEURA on X — Gen 4 launch (Oct 22, 2026): [x.com/NEURARobotics](https://x.com/NEURARobotics/status/2113299561695400401?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
5. roboticaguide — Gen 4 / RoboGym analysis (Oct 23, 2026): [roboticaguide.com](https://roboticaguide.com/neura-4ne1-gen-4-tum-robogym-munich/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
6. Interesting Engineering — Oct 23, 2026 coverage
7. Agility Digit 5 unveil — 129 kg (Sept 15, 2026): [agilityrobotics.com](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-unveils-digit-5-humanoid-robot-built-for-cooperatively-safe-work-at-scale?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
8. Boston Dynamics Atlas (Electric) — 90 kg: [bostondynamics.com](https://bostondynamics.com/products/atlas/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
9. Unitree H2 — \~70 kg: [unitree.com/H2](https://www.unitree.com/H2/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com) · Unitree H1 — \~47 kg: [unitree.com/h1](https://www.unitree.com/h1/?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
10. Fourier GR-2 datasheet — ≈63 kg: [fftai.com PDF](https://www.fftai.com/pdf/en/gr2.pdf?ref=hive.behindrobotics.com)
11. behindrobotics Short (cite only): `/workspace/behindrobotics/shorts/2026-10-24/neura-humanoid/`

Gen 4 hardware and laundry figures are company claims unless noted. \~64 kg is our calc. Peer masses are company-published. Paragraphs framed as “our read” are analysis. behindrobotics received no payment or products from any company named.

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