1X Opens Orders for NEO, a Soft-Bodied Robot Built for Chores
1X is taking $200 deposits on NEO, a home humanoid designed to be light, quiet and padded, with remote experts on call f. 1X is taking $200 deposits on NEO, a home humanoid designed to be light, quiet and padded, with remote experts on call for unfamiliar tasks.
The humanoid robot race has mostly played out in factories and demo videos. 1X is trying to move it into the living room, and it is now accepting $200 deposits on NEO, a robot pitched squarely at household chores.
Owners hand NEO a list, set a time and come back to finished tasks such as putting away dishes or cleaning a bathroom. NEO works autonomously by default. When it meets a job it does not know, the owner can book a remote 1X specialist to coach it remotely, which gets the task done and teaches the robot at the same time.
The design reads like a safety brief. 1X says NEO uses fewer components to stay lightweight, runs quieter than a modern refrigerator, wraps its internals in a deformable 3D lattice for cushioning and moves with tendon-driven actuators meant to be gentle around people. A knit suit finishes the look.
NEO also talks: it answers questions, gives recipes and advice, and pairs visual and spatial awareness with memory for more personal help. Whether remote-expert assistance becomes a privacy sticking point will be one of the big home-robot debates of 2027. Official videos are below.
Image: 1x.tech.
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