Purpose
NEO is a consumer-grade humanoid robot for the home launched by 1X Technologies, positioned as a home assistant and companion. Its stated goal is to "Transform your Home," taking over boring, trivial household tasks so users can focus on the things they care about.
Main Capabilities
- Household automation: You can give NEO a chore list and set a completion time, then return to a tidier home. NEO works autonomously by default; for chores it does not know how to do, you can schedule a 1X expert to provide remote guidance, helping NEO learn while completing the task.
- Daily assistance: Provides help with daily tasks and automatically completes chores to free up time.
- Conversation and companionship: You can ask questions about history, recipes, advice, and more and get real-time answers; combines visual and spatial perception and memory to enable personalized interaction; can share jokes, stories, and games.
- Continuous learning: NEO learns and repeats tasks based on Redwood AI (1X's general AI model); early versions have basic autonomous capabilities and gradually unlock new capabilities with use.
- Remote operation: NEO can be operated from anywhere in the world via the mobile app and VR devices.
- App management: Manage chore schedules, communicate remotely, monitor NEO, and more via the NEO App.
- Automatic charging: NEO manages its own battery and plugs itself in when it needs to charge.
- Other features: Emotive Ear Rings convey status (battery, attention, etc.); can be used as a mobile Bluetooth speaker.
Safety and Design
Officially, NEO is designed for gentle and safe interaction: fewer components for lightness; operating noise lower than a modern refrigerator; a soft, deformable 3D lattice wraps internal components for cushioning; tendon-driven actuators enable safe movement. All hardware is wrapped in a custom 3D lattice polymer; the 1X Tendon Drive actuation enables precise, low-energy movement; joints are unreachable from the outside, and the surface is completely pinch-proof; can understand and respond to human gestures and expressions; the soft suit and shoes use machine-washable nylon; the design blends into living spaces.
Technical Specifications (officially listed)
- Runtime: can run 6 minutes per hour
- Structure: soft body with custom lattice polymer structure, joint structure, low-inertia tendon drive
- Protection: IP68 (submersible), IP44 (splash-resistant)
- Performance: torque accuracy, backdrivability; nominal load cycle 2,000,000 times (1-day service replacement), peak (3x nominal) cycle 100,000 times (1-day service replacement); Linkwise differentialSpeed (velocity and acceleration); AI-based continuous adaptation
- Compute: 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS
- Sensors and audio: 4 beamforming microphones; 3-level speakers in the pelvic and chest areas; dual 8.85MP 90Hz stereo fisheye cameras
- Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth, 5G
How to use
Official materials mention: give NEO a list of household chores and schedule times; it works autonomously by default; for tasks it cannot do, you can book a 1X expert for remote supervision and guidance; talk with NEO in natural language to use various functions; use the NEO App to manage schedules, communicate remotely, and monitor; remotely operate it via the mobile app and VR devices; NEO plugs itself in to charge.
Applicable scenarios
Household chore automation, daily assistance, conversational companionship, and entertainment in the home environment. Officially, NEO is said to be suitable for people and families, and it lists common questions such as "How does NEO charge," "Is NEO suitable for families," "Is my home suitable for NEO," "Operating costs," "Can NEO cook," "Is it waterproof," "Can it be used outdoors," "What maintenance is needed," "Where is it manufactured," "How do subscription options work," and "How does 1X use my data," but the specific answers are not given in the provided materials.
Limitations and facts not yet provided
- Specific answers to questions such as when delivery begins, whether an additional subscription is required, whether pre-orders are refundable, whether NEO is fully autonomous, whether 1X experts can connect at any time and enter NEO, who the 1X experts are, whether data must be shared for it to work, operating costs, whether it can cook, maintenance requirements, manufacturing location, and how data is used are not yet provided.
- The officially stated runtime is 6 minutes per hour.
- The pre-order deposit is 200 USD.
