1X Technologies NEO Beta

OpenAI-backed humanoid built for safety-first home and work environments

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Price To be Confirmed

Released 2024

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Overview

1X Technologies NEO Beta is an Oslo-based OpenAI-backed humanoid built around one radical design principle: safety above all else. By replacing gears with cable-driven actuators, NEO eliminates the crushing risk inherent in gear-based systems, making it one of the few humanoids genuinely designed for home use alongside humans. At just 30 kg, it is the lightest full-size humanoid available. The OpenAI investment funds a whole-body imitation learning AI stack that enables NEO to learn tasks by watching humans. While locomotion performance lags behind competitors, 1X is betting that safety and AI learning are the two properties that will matter most when humanoids enter the home.

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Technical Specifications

Height 1.65 m

Weight 30 kg

Actuators Cable-driven (no gears)

Max Speed ~0.7 m/s

Battery Life Not disclosed

Payload ~10 kg

Sensors Cameras, proprioception sensors, IMU

AI Backing OpenAI

OS Proprietary

Connectivity Wi-Fi, 4G

Pros & Cons

Strengths

Gear-free cable-driven actuators — safest humanoid design, no crushing risk
Only 30 kg — by far the lightest full-size humanoid, ideal for home environments
OpenAI-backed AI stack with state-of-the-art whole-body imitation learning
Designed from day one for homes alongside humans, not industrial settings
Dual form factor: NEO humanoid and EVE wheeled platform share the same AI stack