Robot model
NEO
NEO is 1X Technologies' bipedal humanoid robot designed for household use.
- Manufacturer
- 1X Technologies
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- superseded
- Deployments
- 4
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies NEO, a humanoid by 1X Technologies (pilot): 4 verified deployments on record. 1 source back the record.
supersededSuperseded by NEO. The historical entry remains for reference; current coverage tracks the successor.
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
NEO price
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Specs
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Data & sources
News coverage
1
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Accountability: 1X Technologies has a Claim Integrity of 0% (0 of 2 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.
Pricing
No verified price is on record for NEO. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (4)
- NEO at Moss, Norwayoperational
NEO designed for production at scale at Moss Norway factory.
- NEO at Californiapilot
1X Technologies industrial headquarters in Silicon Valley visited by New Yorker reporter.
- NEO at Californiapilot
1X Technologies NEO Beta humanoid robot in pilot home deployments in select US and Norwegian homes.
1X Technologies began pilot programs in the United States in 2026, coinciding with initial deliveries of the NEO humanoid home robot.
NEO on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere NEO is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedApr 30, 2026
at Moss, Norway
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2026
at United States (home deployments)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
at California
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
at California
Runs on (1)
- Redwood AIfoundation-model · pilot
Safety record
No incidents on record for NEO.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-09
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: superseded
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for NEO.Recent coverage
NEO in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning NEO from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
1X Says Its NEO Robotic Hand Solves the 'Hands Problem' in Robotics
1X unveiled a 24-degree-of-freedom tendon-driven hand for its NEO home humanoid and said it will soon announce when it starts shipping robots to early customers in 2026.
The 1X Neo Robot Has Freaky Fast Fingers
The soft, oddly intimate home-chore robot has been given some very tactile hands.
NEO's Hands | An API to the Physical World
1X Technologies unveiled breakthrough 25 degree-of-freedom tendon-driven hands for its NEO humanoid platform, claiming near human-level dexterity, strength, safety, and…
1X Opens NEO Factory in Hayward, CA – America's First Vertically Integrated Humanoid Robot Factory
1X Technologies opened a 58,000-square-foot factory in Hayward, California, beginning full-scale production of consumer humanoid robots with first customer shipments planned for…
Humanoid Maker 1X Opens US Factory, Plans to Make 10,000 Home Robots This Year
1X Technologies opened a 58,000-square-foot factory in Hayward, California with capacity to build 10,000 robots in its first year, and plans to make 100,000 robots by the end of…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/neo.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/98c4f5a4-593f-484e-84d9-6d138351acfb
- Revision history: /models/neo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
NEO draws attention at the 30th percentile but verifies reality at the 87th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap -57.1, 95th widest among humanoids.
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
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Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 16, 2026