According to the Wall Street Journal, the 1X NEO is a $20,000 robot that does your chores. The problem is that NEO is really bad at it. And the thing actually isn’t a robot, either.
Punching Upwards, Episode 8 for 2 November 2025
Topic: Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Credits
Thanks to Sir Galteran for supporting the show via Fountain.fm
Sources
* I Tried the First Humanoid Home Robot. It Got Weird, The Wall Street Journal, 28 October 2025
* NEO Home Robot, 1X Technologies
* I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human, The Wall Street Journal, 28 October 2025
* Cambridge Dictionary definition of the word “robot”
* R.U.R., Wikipedia
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