Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them?
- Written by Eduardo B. Sandoval, Scientia Researcher, Social Robotics, UNSW Sydney
Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform life at home”.
Standing 168 centimetres tall and weighing in at 30 kilograms, the US$20,000 Neo bot promises to automate common household chores such as folding laundry and loading the...





