Unlike large language models that can draw on billions of web pages for training, humanoid robots require high-quality, real-world physical interaction data. This data simply does not exist at scale on the internet, and simulation alone cannot replicate the complexity of real-world physics.
Announced in March, 2026, the TUM RoboGym (powered by NEURA) is a direct response to this challenge. Built jointly by NEURA Robotics and the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM),and located at the TUM Convergence Center at Munich Airport, the facility spans2,300 square meters and is set to become the largest scientific robot training center in Europe, and one of the largest in the world.
To capture human trainer demonstrations at the resolution required for embodied AI training, TUM RoboGym integrates MANUS gloves for high-resolution hand tracking with the Xsens full-body motion capture suit.
Human trainers wearing the combined MANUS + Xsens system perform target tasks inside the RoboGym. This combined data stream generated in RoboGym will be fed into the Neuraverse, NEURA's hardware-agnostic platform for robot training data, enabling learned motion policies to be distributed across the fleet. What one trainer demonstrates, every robot in the gym can learn.
With operations set to begin in mid-2026, TUM RoboGym is designed as a production-scale training infrastructure. Hundreds of robotic systems including the NEURA 4NE-1humanoid will operate within the 2,300 m² facility, with all motion data captured via the MANUS + Xsens system fed into the Neuraverse for processing,labeling, and distribution across NEURA's robot fleet, and eventually to external industry partners and research institutions.
The facility will serve adual purpose: commercial-scale robot training alongside active academic research, with TUM students and engineers gaining hands-on experience with state-of-the-art physical AI infrastructure. In the long term, TUM RoboGym will open to third-party partners and start-ups, establishing Munich as a global hub for embodied AI development.
