1X has already developed a semi-humanoid robot called EVE. Now they’ve received funding to bring NEO to market in 2024. It will be a crowded market for humanoid robots with other companies around the world planning to do the same too.

Thanks to the recent AI boom it seems all the tech for functioning humanoid robots is finally happening. People just need to make all its disparate parts come together into a commercial product. With so many people chasing this goal, it seems 2024 will be the year it might happen.

I find the NEO’s aesthetics interesting. The usual choices in humanoid robot design are to go for the slick, glossy & hi-tech. NEO looks normcore in comparison. How robots look affects our psychology - maybe people will prefer the normcore look on robots, and 1X is starting a robot fashion trend.