MAiRA Cognitive Cobot by NEURA Robotics: status and timeline

MAiRA Cognitive Cobot

Collaborative arm with 360° vision, spatial audio array and force sensing. Learns from demonstration without coding. Comes in four reaches: S (1.05 m) to XL (1.8 m, 35 kg).

DeployStage 4 of 5

First commercial cognitive cobot. Four sizes (S–XL); XL lifts 35 kg.

Checked 10 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

No announced next step

MAiRA cognitive cobot first announced2022Complete.
MAiRA enters commercial availability2024Complete.
Partnership with Omron to develop Omron iCR cognitive robot seriesMay 2024Complete.

Current obstacles

Integration with factory systemsEach customer's plant has different PLCs and conveyor systems; each integration still requires engineering time.

Physics limits

Collaborative speed vs industrial robotsForce limits for safety cap speed to roughly half that of traditional industrial robots, limiting throughput.

How it works

3 parts

Multi-sensing

Vision, audio and touch

Integrated 3D cameras, 360° microphone array for voice, and force sensors on wrist.

AI-powered adaptation

Learn from demonstration

A human shows MAiRA a task by guiding the arm or voice; the robot learns and repeats it, improving with feedback.

No-code programming

Visual and voice workflows

Users teach MAiRA by showing, not typing. Changes require only a new demonstration.

Spec sheet

Spec	MAiRA Cognitive Cobot
MAiRA S reach	1,050 mm^R (reported)
MAiRA XL reach	1,800 mm^R (reported)
MAiRA XL payload	35 kg^R (reported)
Repeatability	±0.01 mm^R (reported)
IP rating	IP65^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

About NEURA Robotics

The team behind MAiRA Cognitive Cobot

NEURA Robotics

4NE1 humanoid, MAiRA cobot, cognitive robotics

NEURA Robotics builds collaborative and humanoid robots combining AI with sensor and hardware design. Founded March 2019 by David Reger in Metzingen, Germany. 4NE1 is Europe's first production-ready humanoid at 180 cm, 80 kg, lifting 100 kg.

4NE1: 180 cm, 80 kg humanoid with 55 DoF lifts 100 kg. Preorders opened CES 2026; deliveries late 2026.
MAiRA is the first commercial cognitive cobot with 360° vision, spatial audio, and touch sensing.

neura-robotics.com (opens neura-robotics.com)Company profile →

Founded: 20197 yrs
Headquarters: Germany
Status: Private
Valuation: $1.4BprivateJun 2026
Staff: ~1,400
Raised: $1.6B3 rounds
Last round: Growth round · $1.4BJun 2026
Works in: RoboticsHumanoids
Coverage: 2 programs · 5 updateslatest 1 Jun 2026checked 10 Oct
Lead investors: TetherLingotto
Partners: NVIDIA (opens nvidia.com)Omron (opens omron.com)
Investors: Tether (opens tether.to)
People: David RegerFounder and CEO

Spec

MAiRA Cognitive Cobot

MAiRA S reach

1,050 mm^R (reported)

MAiRA XL reach

1,800 mm^R (reported)

MAiRA XL payload

35 kg^R (reported)

Repeatability

±0.01 mm^R (reported)

IP rating

IP65^R (reported)