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Robot Maker 1X caused quite a stir in October when it opened Pre-orders for its new humanoid robot For home use, not least because of its $20,000 price tag. Now he’s making another splash with… Deal for up to 10,000 hominins To be published within the next five years.
Private equity firm EQT says it will facilitate the introduction of thousands of 1X humanoid robots into its portfolio companies to work with humans in areas such as manufacturing, facility operations and healthcare. It’s unclear whether these robots will be from the same Neo line or a different type. The press release for the EQT deal indicates that 1X will launch demo models in the US in 2026, the same timeframe the company gave for delivering the first Neo units to customers.
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1X, based in Palo Alto, California, also worked on industrial robots before introducing Neo. Stockholm-based EQT is an investor in 1X.
Neo pre-orders require a $200 down payment. For those who prefer not to own, there is a $499 per month leasing option available.
Neo is 5 feet 6 inches tall and can lift 154 pounds. 1X has proven it can Perform household tasks, such as folding laundry and carrying groceries. But it is worth noting that in A experimental A Wall Street Journal reporter testified that Neo was not self-contained, but rather required a remote human operator using a headset and virtual reality controllers.
1X speaker He told Bloomberg That the robots will work autonomously.
Financial terms of the EQT deal were not disclosed. 1X and EQT said the robots will be deployed at U.S. partner companies first, for purchase or lease, and then in Europe and Asia.
A 1X representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Watch this: You can now pre-order Neo, the AI-powered home robot
Robotic future?
The deal will be part of a wave of mass market adoption of robotics and aims to address issues including labor shortages, EQT Ventures said in a statement.
“It’s not about replacing people, it’s about giving them superpowers,” Ted Pearson, senior partner at EQT Ventures, said in a statement. “By making 1X technology available to our portfolio companies, we are helping them address labor shortages, improve safety, and unlock new levels of productivity in the industries that keep the world going.”
1X is one of many companies aiming to mass produce humanoid robots for work, household tasks, and more Even boxing. Amazon is already using it Robots in their warehousesThe advancement of artificial intelligence is expected to help accelerate the emergence of robots around the world.
Unitree, Optronic, Boston Dynamics and Tesla Among the companies working on humanoid robots.
Tesla has been trolled lately Robot failure: At a public demonstration in Miami, one of the Optimus robots apparently knocked over the bottles it was trying to pick up, then lost its balance and fell.