NEURA Robotics Shows Cobots, Humanoid and Platform at CIIF 2026
NEURA Robotics used the 26th China International Industry Fair (CIIF) in Shanghai for its first major booth at a trade fair in China, presenting its robot family and the Neuraverse platform that connects them. The fair ran from October 12 to 16, 2026, and drew more than 3,000 exhibitors, according to the company.
- CIIF 2026 ran from October 12 to 16 in Shanghai with more than 3,000 exhibitors, per NEURA.
- It was NEURA Robotics' first major trade fair booth in China, in Hall 8.1.
- LARA cobots, MiPA, the humanoid 4NE1 and two MAiRA robots were shown.
- The Neuraverse platform links the robots; NEURA also introduced its Neuron AI foundation model that week.
- The first NEURA Gym in China is being set up at the Hangzhou hub.
A first major China booth, one year after Hangzhou
According to NEURA Robotics, the 26th CIIF took place at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. The company's booth was in Hall 8.1, where it showed its robots working side by side. The appearance came one year after NEURA opened its hub in Hangzhou in October 2025.
The company says the booth focused on everyday use cases that factories and stores need done. NEURA describes much of this work as repetitive and hard to staff, and says it sees robots taking over hours that can go back to people.
Different robots for different jobs
NEURA presented several robots, each tied to a specific task:
- LARA cobots welded, tightened screws and handled printed circuit boards, which the company calls routine tasks in many production lines.
- MiPA demonstrated a retail use case by taking products from a shelf.
- 4NE1, the company's humanoid, handed giveaways to visitors at the booth. NEURA says it was one of the most photographed moments of the week.
Two MAiRA cognitive robots were also on display, linked through the Neuraverse.
The Neuraverse as the connecting layer
NEURA says it is building robots in multiple form factors, but also the layer that connects them. On the booth, that layer was the Neuraverse, which the company describes as its platform for building, testing and sharing robot applications.
The two MAiRA robots showed how an application is put together in a no-code node graph and checked in a digital twin before it runs on the real robot.
Urs Läuppi, Chief Strategy Officer at NEURA Robotics, was on site and gave a keynote about the ecosystem the company is building. The same week, NEURA also introduced Neuron AI, which it describes as a foundation model built to bring shared intelligence to different kinds of robots. The recap does not give further details on the model.
Teams from Germany and China, and what comes next in Hangzhou
NEURA's teams from Metzingen and Hangzhou ran the booth together over the five days. The company says they answered questions from many enthusiastic visitors on topics ranging from cobot welding to humanoids.
The Hangzhou hub has a showroom with all NEURA products, according to the company. The first NEURA Gym in China is being set up on the same site.
What it means
For NEURA, CIIF 2026 marked a visible step in the Chinese market, where it now combines a local hub, a showroom and a planned NEURA Gym with a trade fair presence. The recap points to a strategy built around a shared platform rather than single products: cobots, a retail robot, a humanoid and cognitive robots all tied to the Neuraverse. Companies interested in the robots can contact the NEURA team through the website. The source gives no pricing, availability or customer figures.
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