NEURA Robotics has acquired 100% of ADLATUS Robotics, a Ulm-based specialist in autonomous cleaning and sweeping robots, extending the German humanoid maker's Neuraverse into one of the largest global labour markets.
From partnership to full ownership
The two companies had been collaborating under a strategic partnership since September 2025 and made their first joint public appearance at CMS in Berlin. Announced on August 24, 2026, the deal follows NEURA's recent absorption of Bosch Rexroth's ACTIVE Shuttle line and its €1.2 billion Series C, giving the group hundreds of already-deployed cleaning systems across industry, logistics, healthcare and public spaces.
Giving cleaning robots a "new brain"
NEURA said it will fit ADLATUS platforms with additional sensors and AI capabilities and connect them to the Neuraverse — its open physical AI infrastructure — so they can recognise surfaces, interpret soiling and pick cleaning strategies rather than merely retrace a fixed route. "We aren't acquiring ADLATUS simply to add another cleaning robot to our portfolio. We want to give machines like this a new brain," said founder and CEO David Reger.
Building the Neuraverse fleet
Andreas Lindemann, managing director of NEURA Mobile Robots, said the ambition is to "expand mobile robotics beyond traditional material handling" and eventually plug the cleaning fleet into the group's Fleet Manager. The Neuraverse push mirrors rival physical-AI investment from Renesas in Beijing, and joins recent Physical AI capital events such as the Gritt seed round and Generalist AI's $200M extension.
Reporting based on coverage from tech.eu, EU-Startups, and NEURA Robotics.