1X has demonstrated progress with its NEO humanoid, but teleoperation could be a better path toward household robots.
NEO humanoid designed for household use, available for preorder
1X has launched consumer preorders for the NEO humanoid robot, which it said will be ready for human interaction and tasks around the home.
Top 10 robotics developments of June 2025
Automatica brought a slew of product releases in June 2025. Meanwhile, humanoid robot developments continue to grab readers’ attention.
AI advances lead to more nimble humanoids, greater autonomy at NVIDIA GTC
From teleoperated humanoids to cutting-edge surgical systems, NVIDIA GTC featured robots using AI to train autonomous functionality.
1X built its latest humanoid NEO Gamma to better fit into the home
1X has equipped NEO Gamma with improved conversational skills, a whole-body controller, improved manipulation, and more.
1X Technologies acquires Kind Humanoid to accelerate work toward household robots
1X said it shares an outlook with the team at Kind Humanoid, which has applied LLMs to safe general-purpose robots.
Top 10 most popular robotics stories of 2024
2024 was another year of the humanoids, with six of our top 10 stories being about or mentioning humanoid robots.
Funding the next wave of robotics
Episode features conversations with two VC’s and explores robotics and AI investment trends.
Europe has a key role to play in the development of robots, humanoids
Europe is more fragmented a market than the U.S. or China, but it hosts numerous innovators, from industrial automation to humanoids.
Inside 1X’s plan to test humanoids in homes
1X founder and CEO Berndt Børnich joins us this week to discuss the go to market plans for the NEO Beta humanoid robot.
Unpacking Amazon’s unique Covariant AI deal
Brad Porter discusses why Amazon was interested in working with Covariant AI.
Top 10 robotics developments of August 2024
This month, five of our top 10 robotics stories were about humanoid robot developments or humanoid alternatives.
1X unveils NEO Beta as it prepares to deploy humanoids into home pilots
1X Technologies has revealed NEO Beta, a prototype of its bipedal humanoid robot designed for home use.
1X adds talent from BMW, Tesla to strengthen leadership team
Backed by OpenAI, 1X aims to revolutionize humanoid robotics with NEO, its lightweight and soft bipedal robot.
1X shows advances in voice control, chaining tasks for humanoid robots
1X Technologies showed advances in AI and teleoperation enable multiple humanoids to conduct a sequence of tasks.
1X Technologies raises $100M Series B to advance NEO humanoid robot
1X says its NEO android is being developed with embodied AI to handle household tasks and be safe to operate around consumers.
Humanoids ready to take first steps
A detailed look at the challenges and opportunities that exist for the evolving world of humanoids .
CLONE: Teleop, not autonomy, is the path for 1X’s NEO humanoid – gate test
1X has demonstrated progress with its NEO humanoid, but teleoperation could be a better path toward household robots.
















