1X launches world model enabling NEO robot to learn tasks by watching videos

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company said it has designed NEO for household use. The humanoid is available through 1X’s early access program for $20,000, which includes priority delivery in 2026. A subscription model will also be available for $499/month.

NEO can do old tasks in unfamiliar places, plus learn new ones

With this update, users can give NEO a simple voice or text prompt, and the robot uses what it’s looking at to generate visualizations of future actions. A built-in inverse dynamics model then translates these into precise movements for NEO to complete the request, 1X explained.

“With the 1X World Model, you can turn any prompt into a fully autonomous robot action — even with tasks and objects NEO’s never seen before,” said Daniel Ho, an AI researcher at 1X. The Robot Report

1X launches world model enabling NEO robot to learn tasks by watching videos

1X said its new world model puts it a step closer to a future where robots can teach themselves to do any task a human can do. | Source: 1X Technologies

1X Technologies AS last week announced its latest 1X World Model. The company said the AI update for NEO enables the humanoid robot to turn any request into an AI capability on demand, using a video model grounded in real-world physics. ## 1X says robot can learn on its own

Where traditional AI models for humanoid robots have relied on data collected by human operators, the 1X World Model enables NEO to collect its own data and autonomously master new capabilities. This opens the door for robots to eventually teach themselves anything, 1X claimed.

Where improvement in AI capabilities for humanoids has been bottlenecked by the speed in which robot data can be collected by human operators, 1X said its World Model doesn’t only self improve from NEO collecting it’s own data. It also benefits from the improvement of video models, given that the world model uses a video model at its core.