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NEO at United States (home deployments)

NEO is 1X Technologies' bipedal humanoid robot designed for household use. Features humanlike motion and a slim anthropomorphic design. NEO Beta was introduced August 2024, updated to NEO Gamma in February 2025, and pre-orders opened October 2025 at $20,000. As of late 2025, most tasks are teleoperated by humans via VR headsets.

NEO by 1X Technologies · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Humanoids

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1X Technologies began pilot programs in the United States in 2026, coinciding with initial deliveries of the NEO humanoid home robot. First 10,000 units sold out in 5 days when pre-orders opened in October 2025. NEO targets autonomous household tasks including laundry, tidying, and vacuuming.

Key facts

Pre-orders
10,000 units (sold out in 5 days)
Price
USD 20,000 or USD 499/month
Tasks
Laundry, tidying, vacuuming, home monitoring

Safety record

No incidents on record for NEO at United States (home deployments).

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-09
Model
NEO
Status
pilot
First seen
2026-01-01
ID
c26c8dd7-67f0-4591-aec5-30635e3d8caa

Timeline

  1. Jan 2026
    First recorded
    NEO first documented operating at United States (home deployments).
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. 1X Secures Deal to Deploy 10000 Neo Humanoid Robots · https://humanoid.guide/1x-secures-deal-to-deploy-10000-neo-humanoid-robots/ · 2026-01-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: superseded

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

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Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the NEO deployment at United States (home deployments)?
NEO, built by 1X Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at United States (home deployments) on the DEPLOY registry. 1X Technologies operates the deployment directly.
Who operates NEO at United States (home deployments)?
1X Technologies, the manufacturer of NEO, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the NEO deployment at United States (home deployments) go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the NEO deployment at United States (home deployments)?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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