Are we nearing the tipping point for humanoid robots? We actually might, given that 1X just hit full-scale manufacturing of Neo.

There's always been a pretty obvious gap between what companies demo on stage and what you can actually go out and buy when it comes to humanoid robots. But that gap got a lot smaller in October 2025 ...

Researchers at Columbia University published a study (via Science) in January 2026 that details their methods for getting a humanoid robot to look and sound a lot more like a person. They got it to ...

The company behind NEO, last year's viral humanoid robot, says it's ramping up production — aiming to build 100,000 units annually by the end of 2027. 1x, the Palo Alto, California-based company that ...

At the center of the demo is 1X’s Neo humanoid robot, a bipedal machine designed primarily for domestic environments that is now stepping into early manufacturing workflows. The footage shows Neo ...

The Norway-founded company’s vertically integrated NEO factory in Hayward marks the first US-scale push to put a general-purpose humanoid robot into private homes, with shipments planned this year and ...