Humanoid robots in Europe
HumanoidBeat coverage of humanoid robots in Europe: NEURA and Agile Robots in Germany, a Danish supermarket pilot, and research and start-ups in Switzerland, Italy and the UK. Newest first; each story links to its sources.
- Audi tests Agile Robots' mobile humanoids for parts sequencing, with Ingolstadt in view
Audi, Agile Robots, Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA are running a proof of concept in Audi's Production Lab in which mobile humanoids pick car parts from containers and place them in assembly order, with the Ingolstadt plant as the target, according to the companies and trade press. - NEURA aims to run five robot gyms by the end of 2026, the New York Times reports
The New York Times reports NEURA aims to run five robot gyms by year-end, including one open in Hangzhou, China. - Imperial spinout Machenta raises $40 million seed round for robots that learn a task from one demonstration
London-based Machenta, spun out of Imperial College London, says its simulation-trained model lets robots, including humanoids, learn new tasks after seeing them done once. - ETH Zürich's ACP policy lets a Unitree G1 climb ladders, vault and get back up after falls
Researchers at ETH Zürich's Robotic Systems Lab report a single learned policy, Attention-based Contact Planning, that plans where a humanoid's hands, knees, feet and pelvis should touch the terrain, letting a Unitree G1 climb, vault and recover from falls. - NEURA unveils a lighter 4NE1 Gen 4 humanoid as the TUM RoboGym opens near Munich
NEURA says its 4NE1 Gen 4 humanoid is 20% lighter and being readied for series production; it launched at the new TUM RoboGym near Munich Airport. - Generative Bionics plans a 5,000 m² humanoid training "data factory" in Italy with AMD
Generative Bionics says it will build a three-site Physical AI Data Factory network, starting with a 5,000 m² Italian hub due by Q4 2027, using AMD compute. - Danish grocer Føtex pilots Unitree humanoids for overnight restocking
Føtex, part of Salling Group, has started a multi-year pilot with HIVE Robots to train humanoid robots to restock shelves after closing time, ESM Magazine reports. - NVIDIA expands Isaac robotics platform as Agile Robots unveils Agile ONE SN humanoid
At GTC Berlin on 21 October 2026, NVIDIA announced additions to its Isaac robotics platform and Agile Robots announced the Agile ONE SN reference humanoid, according to NVIDIA.
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