NEO - Robot Details, Use Case and Specifications

NEO

NEO by 1X Technologies is a 30 kg soft-bodied home humanoid with Redwood AI, NVIDIA Jetson Thor, 75 DoF, and autonomous chore and conversation capabilities.

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1X Technologies

Software Type

Closed Source

Software Package

Redwood AI, 1X proprietary generalist AI model, the core intelligence engine for continuous learning and repeating household tasks.

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Actuators

1X Technologies proprietary Tendon Drive: high torque-density Revo1 brushless DC motors with flexible polymer tendon-based transmissions. 95% backdrivability.

Compiute

Equipped with NVIDIA Jetson Thor, delivers up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS of AI compute.

Sensors

Equipped with Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz Stereo Fisheye Cameras, 3 speakers and 4 microphone array.

Max Op. time

240

mins

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS_z60kjVEk, NEO is Starting to Learn on Its Own, 2025-01-13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mveqrNJj8ME, NEO The Home Robot | Design, 2025-11-01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTYMWadOW7c&pp=ygUCMXg%3D, NEO The Home Robot | Order Today, 2025-10-28

Robot Brief

NEO is a soft-bodied bipedal humanoid robot developed by 1X Technologies, designed specifically for autonomous operation in consumer home environments. First introduced in prototype form in August 2024, the production-ready NEO Gamma was revealed in February 2025 with pre-orders opening in October 2025 and initial US shipments scheduled for 2026. Standing 1,670 mm tall and weighing 30 kg, NEO is engineered around safety and domestic integration: its exterior is wrapped in custom 3D lattice polymer, its joints are fully pinch-proof, and its 1X Tendon Drive actuation system operates at just 22 dB, quieter than a standard household refrigerator. NEO is powered by the Redwood AI platform and an NVIDIA Jetson Thor compute module, enabling autonomous chore execution, natural language interaction, and continuous skill learning through both onboard AI and 1X's remote Expert Mode teleoperation system.

Use Cases

Automate Household Chores:
NEO is explicitly designed to assume domestic tasks such as scheduling and executing chores, including putting away dishes, cleaning the bathroom, and managing laundry.
Assistive Help and Time Reclamation:
The robot provides general assistance, functioning as a 'Helping Hand' to automate routine activities and thereby reclaim time for the user.
Autonomous Navigation:
It uses onboard AI for smooth navigation to its location of need. Furthermore, NEO manages its own power needs through ‘Self-Charge,’ autonomously plugging itself in for recharging when necessary.
Knowledge Access and Conversation:
Utilizing a built-in LLM, NEO acts as an interactive companion, offering real-time conversational intelligence, personalized answers to questions and social interaction.
Contextual Awareness:
The platform combines visual and spatial awareness with memory retention to personalize interactions and deliver contextual help relevant to its surroundings and ongoing task.
Remote Operation and Expert Learning:
NEO supports remote control via a mobile application or VR device. Crucially, it features a scheduled Expert Mode, where 1X Experts can remotely supervise complex or unfamiliar tasks, teaching the robot new abilities and gathering essential real-world data for continuous model refinement.

Industries

Home Automation:
NEO handles general household chores, personal assistance, and companionship.
Elder Care:
While the core marketing is home automation, the robot's fundamental emphasis on safety, soft design and gentle movements.
Hospitality:
1X has announced an agreement with EQT to deploy up to 10,000 NEO units in industrial and service hospitality environments between 2026 and 2030, extending its operational scope beyond the home.

Specifications

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Height (Stand)

1670

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Max Slope

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Op. Temp (min)

°C

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Ingress Rating

IP44

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Intro

NEO stands 1,670 mm tall and weighs 30 kg, making it significantly lighter than most comparable bipedal humanoids. Its exterior is wrapped in a custom 3D lattice polymer shell that cushions external contact, and all joint surfaces are covered to be fully pinch-proof. The robot's machine-washable knit suit and nylon shoes are 3D-printed from durable nylon, and visual status indicators are provided through LED-based Emotive Ear Rings that communicate battery level, attention state, and operational status. The entire system operates at a measured 22 dB during normal activity. NEO's total 75 degrees of freedom are distributed across the full body, with 22 DoF per hand providing human-level grasping capability. Fingers can actuate at up to 8 m/s. The robot can lift up to approximately 70 kg and sustain a per-arm payload of approximately 8 kg for everyday manipulation tasks. Each arm supports approximately 8 kg in extended configurations.

All joints are driven by 1X's proprietary Tendon Drive system, which uses high torque-density Revo1 brushless DC motors paired with flexible polymer tendon-based transmissions delivering 95% backdrivability.mn This produces compliant, smooth, and quiet actuation suited for safe interaction with people and fragile objects. The robot navigates stairs, sits, kneels, lies down, and recovers to standing using the Redwood Mobility controller. Navigation is vision-only, using dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras with no LiDAR. Compute is provided by an NVIDIA Jetson Thor module delivering up to 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS of AI processing power, running 1X's Redwood AI vision-language-action model and an onboard LLM for natural language processing. Battery life is approximately 240 minutes (4 hours), with autonomous self-docking for recharging.

Connectivity

WiFi available
Bluetooth supported
5G Cellular, for optimal performance, home WIFI is recommended.
Over-the-air (OTA) software updates via fleet learning network

Capabilities

Whole-Body Dexterous Manipulation:
75 total DoF with 22-DoF hands enables fine manipulation tasks including folding laundry, loading dishwashers, picking up small objects, and using household tools.
Redwood AI Vision-Language-Action Control:
Proprietary VLA model processes visual input and executes context-appropriate physical actions, enabling generalised task learning from observation and video data.
Redwood Mobility Locomotion:
Unified controller manages bipedal walking, stair climbing, sitting, kneeling, lying down, and getting up, all under a single AI-driven framework supporting both autonomous and teleoperated modes.
Expert Mode Skill Acquisition:
Remote 1X operators complete new tasks via VR teleoperation while NEO's AI observes and learns, continuously expanding its autonomous task library through real-world interaction data.
Autonomous Self-Charging:
Identifies its own low-battery state, navigates to the wall-mounted charging dock, and plugs itself in without user intervention.
Multimodal Interaction:
Responds to voice commands, gestures, and facial expressions via 4-microphone beamforming array, dual fisheye cameras, and onboard LLM for natural, context-aware conversation.