The newest home robots look less like a Roomba and more like C-3PO.
Last year, a demo of 1X Technologies' home robot, NEO, went viral. In a video produced by The Wall Street Journal, the mouthless bot attempted to load a dishwasher. NEO moved clumsily but completed the task—with the help of a human teleoperator. In July, 1X unveiled NEO's new dexterous, tendon-driven hands. According to 1X, the hands "remove the hardware ceiling on what humanoid robots can actually do" and "make data the only barrier to capabilities."
