NEO Beta
NEO Beta was the first bipedal home humanoid 1X showed, in August 2024, using tendon-driven actuation to keep the robot light and safe around people. It was followed by NEO Gamma in February 2025 and the consumer NEO in October 2025.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Prototype
- Category
- home
- First revealed
- 30 August 2024
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 165 cm
- Weight
- 30 kg
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric, tendon-driven with high-torque low-gear motors
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Prototype shown August 2024; superseded by NEO Gamma.
What stands out
- Tendon-driven, about 30 kg
- First 1X biped shown publicly
Price and volume
no public price
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, NEO Beta sits at #92 of 107 with 12 points: deployment 0/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 0/20. See that method.
Milestones.
1X unveils NEO Beta, a soft bodied home humanoid
1X presents NEO Beta, a 165 cm, 30 kg bipedal humanoid with a knitted soft cover and tendon driven joints intended for home use. It is the first humanoid explicitly designed for consumers' homes.
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Other robots by 1X Technologies.
EVE
EVE was 1X's (formerly Halodi Robotics) wheeled humanoid, deployed in small numbers for security patrols and used to collect training data for the company's neural networks. It preceded the legged NEO family.
NEO
NEO is 1X's consumer home humanoid, opened for preorder on 28 October 2025 at USD 20,000 with deliveries planned for 2026. It is about 30 kg, tendon-driven and wears a soft suit, and it uses remote human operators for tasks it cannot yet do autonomously. It is the first humanoid marketed directly to households at a published price.
NEO Gamma
NEO Gamma, revealed in February 2025, added a soft knit suit, quieter actuators and an onboard visual manipulation model for early home testing. It was the direct predecessor of the NEO consumer product.
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