1X Technologies, an OpenAI-backed startup founded in Norway and now based in Palo Alto, has opened a 58,000 square foot factory in Hayward, California, with capacity to build 10,000 NEO humanoid robots annually and plans to scale to 100,000 units by 2027. The $20,000 home robot is designed for chores like folding laundry and tidying up, and the company hopes it will eventually assist with elder care. Unlike most competitors, 1X manufactures motors, batteries, and electronics in-house, a vertical integration strategy aimed at faster iteration and insulation from geopolitical supply chain risks. The humanoid market is currently dominated by Chinese firms, which accounted for the majority of the roughly 13,000 units shipped worldwide last year, making 1X's US manufacturing push a notable counterweight. However, the company is openly acknowledging current limits: humans still perform most factory assembly, and NEO relies on remote human teleoperators to complete complex household tasks, with that data used to train its AI toward eventual full autonomy.
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Once they're advanced enough to do dishes, cleaning and laundry? They'll sell millions of them.
A literal robot stranger in your house.
Till the Tesla Bot gen three and four come online…
Today they have humans building robots tomorrow they would have robots building robots in the name of cost savings.
Anybody else feel like Obi-Wan when he went n talked w Tawn-we about the clones..
Oh NVIDIA hey? welp.. get ready 😅 Skynet is approaching
People are scard to allow robots to clean there home, yet there favorite floor cleaner already knows the layout of your home and has a camera and possible mic on board. Let that sink in.
They haven’t gotten robot vacuums to work well yet
Finally, someone created a satisfying content regarding this new made-in-USA humanoid robot.
Can they do windows or will they get rusty?
We got Humanoid robots before GTA 6
Reminds me of the film iRobot with Will Smith 😮
A walking cyber truck, folks! Wait, how did that work out? LOL 😆
so will this have a 24/7 human at hand to "take control" if something happens, this robot will always record what is going on, EVERYTHING, the though that if your playing games in your room, and then you see the robot peak through the door like an actuall human was watching YOU!!!! omg the scenario is 1 of many.
The world is going to change but this bot is kind of like the dial up modem of today. Broadband wont be here for another 8 to 10 years.
It blows my mind that I will see I-Robot become reality in my lifetime 😮
Imagine being a robot operator and having to do VR yard work all day 😂. Cause that's exactly where I'd sent it out to do.
I feel like I am in a black-and-white picture looking at what will be our future
Odd. The factory is full with humans assembling the robots.
The start of the end for the working class