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Meet NEO: The Humanoid Robot Designed for Home.

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The pulse of humanoid home robotics.

Curated reporting on NEO — its hardware, AI, demonstrations, and the broader shift toward intelligent robots in everyday spaces.

NEO's New 25-DOF Robotic Hands
HardwareFeatured

NEO's New 25-DOF Robotic Hands

A closer look at the tendon-driven hands that give NEO the dexterity to handle everyday household objects with a surprisingly gentle touch.

March 14, 2026·6 min read
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How Redwood AI Helps NEO Learn Household Tasks
Artificial Intelligence

How Redwood AI Helps NEO Learn Household Tasks

Inside the neural architecture that lets NEO perceive its environment, interpret natural language, and generalize from a handful of demonstrations.

March 09, 2026 · 8 min readRead
Inside the Development of NEO Home Robots
Inside 1X

Inside the Development of NEO Home Robots

From early prototypes to today's humanoid, a look at how the engineering, safety and design decisions that shaped NEO came together.

February 28, 2026 · 10 min readRead
How NEO Uses Voice and Mobile Interfaces
Product

How NEO Uses Voice and Mobile Interfaces

The companion app, voice interaction and status indicators combine to make giving NEO instructions feel effortless and transparent.

February 21, 2026 · 5 min readRead
The Future of Humanoid Robots in Everyday Homes
Future

The Future of Humanoid Robots in Everyday Homes

As humanoid robots enter living rooms, what shifts for privacy, autonomy and the meaning of home? An editorial perspective.

February 12, 2026 · 7 min readRead
NEO Production and Manufacturing Updates
Manufacturing

NEO Production and Manufacturing Updates

The latest on production capacity, quality control and the roadmap 1X has shared for scaling NEO manufacturing.

January 30, 2026 · 4 min readRead
Meet NEO

A humanoid built for the home.

NEO is a humanoid home robot being developed to assist with everyday household activities and personalized assistance. Its soft exterior, natural movement and on-device AI are engineered from the ground up for domestic environments — not the factory floor.

Humanoid form
Soft exterior
Natural movement
Voice interaction
Mobile application control
Autonomous charging
AI-based task learning
Object manipulation
Human gesture recognition
NEO humanoid robot silhouetted against a city skyline
Specification
Designed to live where people live.
What Can NEO Do

Everyday tasks, quietly handled.

A snapshot of household scenarios where NEO is designed to help. Not every capability is available in every version — the roadmap evolves alongside software updates.

Organize objects

Pick up and organize household objects into shelves, bins and drawers.

Carry between rooms

Transport items across the home, navigating around furniture and people.

Tidying & light cleaning

Assist with basic cleaning and tidying routines around the home.

Natural voice control

Respond to natural voice instructions and follow up on multi-step requests.

Learn routines

Learn and repeat household routines from demonstration and gentle correction.

Interact with the home

Open doors, operate handles and interact with everyday home environments.

Track chores

Monitor scheduled chores and surface reminders through the companion app.

Auto-charging

Return to its charging station automatically when the task is complete.

Note: Robot capabilities may evolve over time and some functions may depend on the product version, software update, supervision, or availability. This overview is informational.

Technology

The stack behind NEO.

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Redwood AI

An AI system designed to help NEO perceive its environment, understand instructions, and perform physical tasks.

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Robotic Hands

Advanced tendon-driven hands designed for dexterity, adaptable gripping, and interaction with everyday objects.

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Natural Communication

Voice interaction, contextual understanding, body language, and visual status indicators.

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Home-Safe Design

Soft materials, covered joints, controlled movement, and a design intended for use around people.

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FAQ

Questions about NEO.

NEO is a humanoid home robot being developed by 1X Technologies. It is designed to move naturally, understand voice instructions, and assist with everyday household activities.

NEO is developed by 1X Technologies, a robotics company focused on general-purpose humanoid robots for the home. NEO Robot Journal is an independent publication and is not affiliated with 1X.

Reported capabilities include tidying, carrying items between rooms, opening doors, responding to voice, and gradually learning routines. Available functions may depend on the product version and software.

Yes. NEO is powered by an on-board AI system called Redwood AI, designed to help it perceive its environment, understand instructions, and perform physical tasks.

NEO is designed to learn new household tasks over time through demonstrations, updates to its AI models, and supervised interaction.

Yes. NEO is engineered with soft materials, covered joints and controlled movements so that it can operate safely around people in a home environment.

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