1X NEO
1X Technologies · Starting from $20,000
Overview
Consumer home humanoid designed for safety in residential environments. Features a tendon-driven soft architecture that is quiet (22 dB) and safe to touch. Intended for household tasks including tidying, laundry, and companionship. First consumer humanoid with both outright purchase and monthly subscription options.
Variants & pricing
| Variant | Status | Available | Current price |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEO — purchase | pre-order | 2026 | $20,000 |
| NEO — subscription | pre-order | 2026 | $499/mo |
Full price history
| Price | Date | Variant | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | 2025-08-01 | NEO — purchase | 1x.tech/order | Includes 3-year warranty and premium support. $200 refundable deposit to reserve. |
| $499/mo | 2025-08-01 | NEO — subscription | 1x.tech/order | Starter Productivity Package. Standard delivery. |
Sensors
- Dual 8.85 MP stereo fisheye cameras (90 Hz)
- 4-microphone beamforming array
- Tactile sensors in hands
- WiFi / Bluetooth / 5G
Locomotion
bipedal walking, running
Manipulation
Arms: 14 DOF · Hands: Soft tendon-driven 22-DOF dexterous hands per arm (IP68)
Use cases
home assistance, cleaning, companionship, organizing, laundry
Software
OS: 1X OS · SDK: ✗ · ROS: ✗ · Open source: ✗ · Languages: Python · AI: Redwood AI (proprietary VLM)
Key facts
- Arm payload 8 kg; carry capacity 25 kg; lift capacity up to 70 kg.
- Extremely quiet at 22 dB — quieter than a whisper.
- Tendon-driven actuators with 95% backdrivability and 0.1 mm repetition accuracy.
- Custom 1X Revo1 servo motors rated for 2,000,000 nominal load cycles.
- 1X NEO Cortex compute module based on NVIDIA Jetson Thor (2,070 FP4 TFLOPS).
- Redwood AI proprietary vision-language model for task learning.
- Expert Mode: US-based 1X employees provide remote VR supervision for complex tasks.
- Backed by OpenAI. Manufactured in California.
- Battery charges at 6 min per hour of runtime; daily operating cost under $1.
About 1X Technologies
Backed by OpenAI. Developing NEO humanoid specifically for home environments.
https://www.1x.tech · Founded: 2014 · HQ: Moss, Norway
Last updated: 2026-03-15