Tag: 1x technologies

1X's Børnich sees a "hard takeoff" in 3 years, details NEO

1X CEO Bernt Børnich predicts a robotics "hard takeoff" in three years and lays out NEO as an open platform with a four-tier data pyramid. The humanoid is set at $20,000 or $499 a month, shipping in 2026.

1X Technologies unveils new NEO hands: 25 DoF and tactile sensing

1X Technologies unveiled the next-generation hands for its NEO humanoid — tendon-driven actuation with forearm-mounted motors, 25 degrees of freedom, and fingertip tactile sensors. The company also appointed Bill Nash as CFO as it prepares for consumer shipments in 2026.

RoboCup 2026: first-ever 11-vs-11 humanoid soccer match

In Incheon, South Korea, humanoid robots played the first-ever 11-vs-11 soccer match on real hardware. RoboCup 2026 also brought the debut of Generalist AI's GEN-1 model, achieving 99% success on simple physical tasks.

1X goes all-in on world models, hires Luma AI head researcher

1X Technologies launches the 1X World Model Lab and hires Samarth Sinha from Luma AI. CEO Bernt Bornich declares that fine-tuning LLMs for robotics is a dead end. The company plans to ship thousands of NEO robots in 2026.

1X Technologies Opens Hayward Robot Factory — Target: 100,000 NEOs Per Year

1X Technologies has revealed full details of its NEO Factory in Hayward, California — a 58,000 sq ft facility with current capacity of 10,000 units per year, already sold out. A second site in San Carlos targets 100,000 humanoids annually by end of 2027.

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