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Bernt Øivind Børnich

Norwegian roboticist and founder of 1X Technologies (originally Halodi Robotics). Invented the Revo1 actuator and founded the company in 2014 to build general-purpose humanoid robots that coexist with humans. Led development of the NEO humanoid robot for household use.

Norwegian · 1 current role · 2 foundings

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Physical AI footprint (2)

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Halodi Roboticsverified→
Founder
Norwegian robotics company developer of the EVE humanoid robot designed for safe human interaction in security, retail, and healthcare environments.
2 verified deployments · EVE at United States →1 model
1X Technologiesverified→
Founder
1X Technologies is a Norwegian-American robotics and AI company building [NEO](/models/neo), a bipedal humanoid robot designed for household use.
Series A · $24M1 model

Current roles (1)

Halodi Robotics Founder & CEOSecondary-verified

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Sources (3)

https://www.1x.tech/about · 2024-01-01
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1X_Technologies · 2025-08-20
https://no.linkedin.com/in/bernt-b%C3%B8rnich-032ba38 · 2025-01-01

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