Jul 9, 2026 12:01 PM

The 1X Neo Robot Has Freaky Fast Fingers

The soft, oddly intimate home-chore robot has been given some very tactile hands.

Courtesy of 1X

Friendly home robots have been the dream of sci-fi for a long time. Docile, helpful machines that do your laundry, take out the trash, maybe make dinner, and clean up afterward too. But if robots are going to do all that, they’re going to need some hands to make all that happen.

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