CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 2026--
NEURA Robotics ("NEURA"), the pioneer in cognitive robotics and creator of the Neuraverse, will exhibit at Automate 2026, North America's largest automation and robotics trade show, taking place June 22-25 at McCormick Place in Chicago. NEURA will occupy a twin island booth featuring live demos across its full industrial robot portfolio, from collaborative robots (cobots) and mobile autonomous transports to humanoids, all connected through the Neuraverse platform.
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Physical AI Built for Industry, Today and Tomorrow
NEURA arrives at Automate with a clear thesis: Physical AI must be trained, validated and continuously improved upon in the real world, not just in simulation. The company offers one of the broadest portfolios of cognitive and industrial robots available from a single platform, designed to support industrial customers across their full automation journey, while providing system integrators, developers and OEMs with an open ecosystem for innovation and deployment.
At the heart of NEURA's ecosystem is the Neuraverse, an open, cloud-based platform connecting robots, developers, and industry partners worldwide. Every deployment contributes to a continuously growing pool of physical intelligence, enabling the entire ecosystem to become smarter with every robot, at every site. Alongside, NEURA Gyms form a global network of real-world training facilities where partners train and validate robots across all cognitive robot form factors for their specific use cases, before committing to full industrial deployment. Each Gym combines physical robot training with high-fidelity simulation, with the resulting data feeding directly into the Neuraverse. Together, they enable faster deployment, lower adoption risk and a scalable path toward Physical AI at industrial scale.
Full Product Range on Display
Visitors to NEURA's booth at Automate will see this platform in action across live demonstrations featuring the company's full portfolio: the 4NE1 flagship humanoid, the compact 4NE1 Mini, the MAIRA cognitive robot across industrial applications including bin picking and precision tasks, the LARA arm in palletizing and PCB handling, the MAV+ mobile autonomous transport robot and NEURA's quadruped robot. Applications developed collaboratively with select industrial partners will also be on display, alongside interactive exhibits of the NEURA Gym training environment and the Neuraverse digital twin and marketplace.
"As we expand into the U.S., we are proud to bring one of the broadest cognitive robotics portfolios in the industry to Automate, from collaborative robots to humanoids, all connected through the Neuraverse platform," said David Reger, Founder and CEO of NEURA Robotics. "American manufacturers are ready for automation that actually moves the needle, and NEURA is here to deliver it. Already trusted and proven in real-world industrial environments, our full-stack robotics are closing operational gaps and advancing the buildout of scalable automation solutions at the forefront of innovation.”
CEO David Reger to Take the Stage
David Reger will appear at two sessions on Tuesday, June 23 at the Humanoid Robot Forum
Record Funding, Real Commercial Traction
NEURA's participation at Automate comes shortly after the company announced a landmark Series C financing of up to $1.4 billion, which is the largest ever raised by a full-stack robotics company. The financing brought together global leaders across AI, robotics, compute, manufacturing and industrial infrastructure, including Tether, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Amazon, NVIDIA, imec.xpand, Bosch, Schaeffler, European Investment Bank, Lingotto Horizon, InterAlpen Partners and others.
The round will fund NEURA's global expansion, including a determined push into the U.S. market, anchored by a formal strategic collaboration with AWS and a co-development partnership with Qualcomm. The funding will also support the worldwide rollout of NEURA Gyms, with U.S. locations planned. The company's existing order book and strategic deployment pipeline already exceed $1 billion.
About NEURA Robotics
NEURA was founded on the belief that the next major technology revolution will not happen on screens, but in the physical world. As aging populations, labor shortages and growing demand for skilled work reshape economies worldwide, Physical AI will become essential to sustaining productivity, prosperity and quality of life.
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Metzingen, Germany, NEURA Robotics is a global Physical AI company building the technologies that enable intelligent machines to learn, adapt and work alongside humans in the real world. The company develops cognitive robots that can see, hear, feel and learn, as well as the software, AI and data infrastructure required to deploy them at scale.
Today, a large share of global GDP is generated through physical work. NEURA’s mission is to make physical skills scalable by dramatically reducing the time required to teach machines new capabilities and deploy them globally. Through its cognitive robots, NEURA Gyms and the Neuraverse, an open ecosystem where robots continuously learn and share skills, the company is building the foundation for a future in which intelligent machines help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges. NEURA Robotics is building Physical AI from Europe, together for the world.
David Reger and NEURA product family
ROME (AP) — The Italian government closed ranks on Friday to slam U.S. President Donald Trump over his claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had “begged” for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested the longtime U.S. ally had had enough of Trump’s boasting.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani abruptly cancelled a planned trip to the United States this weekend, calling Trump’s claims “serious and offensive” toward Meloni and all of Italy.
Meloni for her part posted a video calling Trump’s claims “completely fabricated" and expressing astonishment that he would invent such things about an ally. She concluded: “Italy and I do not beg.”
Trump had made the comments in an interview broadcast Friday morning on the La7 network. The La7 correspondent had asked Trump about Ukraine, but Trump raised Meloni and the conversation turned to their meeting during the just-concluded G7 meeting in Evian-les-Bains, France. Meloni and Trump were filmed speaking at several moments, including alone on a small sofa.
According to La7, Trump said Meloni had “begged” him for a photo-op. Trump said he wasn’t obliged to do it but that he felt sorry for her and agreed, La7 said. The broadcaster has a dubbed version of the conversation online, not the original English audio.
In her video, Meloni said she was responding to Trump’s claims because “certain things deserve an immediate response."
“Donald Trump’s statements are completely fabricated. I am frankly stunned,” she said. “I don’t know why the president of the United States behaves this way toward his own allies. After all, this isn’t the first time this has happened.”
It was an apparent reference to an interview Trump gave to Italian daily Corriere della Sera in April in which he criticized Meloni's refusal to back the U.S.-Israel war in Iran. Meloni didn't respond publicly at the time.
By Friday, it appeared she had had enough of his boasts and broadsides.
“I can only say that it’s a shame he doesn’t show the same resolve toward the enemies of the West, toward the enemies of the United States — toward leaders with whom he, on the other hand, is much more accommodating," Meloni said Friday. "But there’s one thing he must remember: Italy and I do not beg.”
The White House did not return an immediate request for comment on Meloni’s remarks.
Meloni had initially sought to build on longstanding strong U.S.-Italian ties when Trump began his second mandate, and had positioned herself as a “bridge” between Washington and the European Union. She was the lone EU head of state to attend his inauguration.
But relations have frayed over the U.S. war in Iran, which Meloni has said was illegal, and Trump’s position on Ukraine, which Italy strongly supports. Trump's tariffs and strong U.S. support of Israel over its war in Gaza have been other points of contention.
By Friday afternoon, solidarity with Meloni had poured in from across the government and political spectrum, and included a call from President Sergio Mattarella, Italy’s widely respected head of state.
“Whoever attacks @GiorgiaMeloni attacks all of us,” posted Transport Minister Matteo Salvini.
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio referenced the sacrifice of American troops in World War II in underlining the harm to U.S.-Italy relations caused by Trump.
“The thousands of crosses marking the graves of American soldiers who died to free us from Nazi-Fascist dictatorship did not deserve such a painful blow to our fraternal ties,” Nordio said on X.
Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said he didn't believe Meloni would ever beg someone for a photo, “not even under threat.”
“I can, however, imagine how much it cost her to set aside what Trump had said weeks ago, to serve the interests of Italy, of Europe, and of the West,” Crosetto posted on X. “Jokes of this kind do no good to anyone: neither to the USA, nor to Italy, nor to the alliance.”
Tajani had been due to travel to the U.S. on Sunday to take part in an Italy-U.S. business forum in Miami during which he was to have meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to a U.S. State Department announcement of the meeting.
Meloni had long been considered one of Trump’s closest allies in Europe, trying to act as a mediator between the often conflicting interests of the U.S. and the EU.
They had gotten off to a strong start, and the two leaders are ideologically aligned on many issues. As the head of a far-right party, Meloni backs curbing migration and promoting traditional values.
Weeks before Trump’s 2025 inauguration, Meloni met Trump at his Mar-a-Lago retreat, a visit that she said went “beyond expectations.” It was, she said at the time, “an opportunity to confirm a relationship that promises to be very solid,’’ adding diplomatically, “I don’t know if I can say privileged.”
In the months after, Trump had praised her repeatedly, as “fantastic,” “incredible,” beautiful and a friend.
But stark differences emerged over Ukraine, after Trump wavered in his support while Meloni kept backing Kyiv after Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
More recently, she sharply warned against U.S. threats to take Greenland by force, saying she didn’t believe Washington would go so far and that regardless Italy would never support such a move.
From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, U.S. President Donald Trump, Kenya's President William Ruto, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather for a group photo at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday June 16, 2026. (Isabel Infantes/Pool Photo via AP)
From right, U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a working session at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after a group photo of G7 leaders and invited nations during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, second left, after a group photo of G7 leaders and invited nations during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on ahead of a working session at the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)
