Metzingen, 28.03.2025 – Our founder and CEO David Reger has been awarded the special “Innovator of the Year” prize as part of the German Innovation Award 2025. With this award, the jury recognizes outstanding personalities who play a decisive role in shaping progress in Germany with visionary ideas, courageous innovations and technological breakthroughs.

David Reger receives the award for his achievements in the field of humanoid and cognitive robotics. With the founding of NEURA Robotics and the development of the world’s first cognitive robot, he has made a decisive contribution to the transformation of the robotics industry. The development of the innovative Neuraverse platform and the humanoid robot 4NE-1, which can assist humans in partnership, are also among the pioneering contributions that have earned David Reger and NEURA Robotics international recognition.

“Many thanks to my incredible team at NEURA Robotics for turning our vision into reality day after day,” says David Reger. “We are only at the beginning of our mission. The age of cognitive robots, smartphones with arms and legs, has only just begun. Germany and Europe urgently need a new economic miracle: let’s make sure it remains peaceful. We need technology that serves people and the environment and improves the lives of everyone on the planet.”

For many years, the German Innovation Award has honored pioneering technologies and personalities whose work provides inspiration for sustainable progress. The fact that David Reger has been awarded this special prize is further proof that innovation and social benefit are closely linked at NEURA Robotics.

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