Robotics in Hospitals Neura Now also Offers Robots for the Healthcare Sector

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Neura Robotics is expanding into the healthcare sector and has established the Neura HealthTech division for this purpose. The first product is an autonomous mobile robot designed to transport empty hospital beds and sterile supplies.

With Neura HealthTech, the Metzingen-based (Germany) robotics manufacturer aims to automate tasks that take up nursing staff’s time in day-to-day hospital care but do not require medical qualifications. As its first application, the company has developed a flat, autonomous transport platform designed to move empty beds independently between wards and floors. The system is expressly not intended for transporting patients.

According to Neura, the platform can save more than 1,300 work hours per year based on approximately 20 trips per day. This figure comes from the manufacturer and refers to the time that employees could instead devote to other tasks. The robot is designed to travel autonomously to the site of operation upon request, pick up beds, and navigate through hallways, patient rooms, and elevators.

The Platform Navigates Omnidirectionally through the Hospital

The transport platform has a flat design and can move in any direction. This allows it to rotate around its own axis in tight spaces and maneuver beds out of patient rooms. Its safety features are designed to remain active even when the system has raised a bed.

For perception and navigation, Neura relies on technologies from its cognitive robotics division. According to the company, the platform uses sensors to map its surroundings and is designed to learn from the data collected during its operations. Before commissioning, the provider validates the system for the specific hospital floor plan. In doing so, it takes into account, among other things, hallways, door widths, and elevator dimensions.

The platform also connects Neura to the Neuraverse. The manufacturer’s open Physical AI ecosystem is designed to connect robots, sensors, and AI applications. In a clinic equipped with this technology, information from rooms, devices, and robots could be consolidated, and tasks could be automatically distributed to available systems.

More Robots Are Expected to Follow

The bed transport system is intended to be just the first application from Neura HealthTech. In the future, the manufacturer also plans to use its Maira series of cognitive robotic arms for tasks in the healthcare sector. Neura cites instrument and tool assistance, as well as other tasks in clinical intralogistics, as potential areas of application.

The service robot Mipa is also set to become part of the portfolio. According to the company, it is already training the robot in pilot environments to perform tasks in patient rooms and assist with medication administration.

To this end, Neura Robotics is establishing Neura HealthTech as a separate division within the company. The division will be responsible for product strategy, positioning, and market launch for applications in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. Sven Lange will lead the division.

Robots Are Being Introduced to Hospitals Through a Rental Model

Neura plans to offer the systems as "Robotics-as-a-Service" through partners. This means hospitals do not purchase the robots outright but instead pay a fixed monthly fee. This fee is intended to cover integration, operation, maintenance, software updates, and 24-hour on-call support. According to the manufacturer, the data will be stored in a European cloud infrastructure.

“Healthcare is one of the most critical challenges of our time. Societies are aging, skilled workers are becoming scarcer, and the demands on healthcare continue to rise. I am convinced that Physical AI is part of the solution because it relieves the physical burden on caregivers and gives them back time for what only humans can do,” says David Reger, founder and CEO of Neura Robotics.

The healthcare platform was unveiled to the public for the first time at the VDMA HealthTech Smart Health Automation Summit on September 29 and 30, 2026, in Düsseldorf (Germany). It was presented there by integration partner Auroniq Robotics, which will also be responsible for system integration and commissioning at healthcare facilities.