NEO Pricing and Availability NEO is available via 1X’s online store [1x.tech/order] and comes in three distinct colors (Tan, Gray, Dark Brown). Customers interested in owning one of the first NEOs can purchase Early Access for $20,000, which includes priority delivery in 2026. There will also be a subscription model offering of $499/month.

X Technologies says it is scaling production of its NEO humanoid robot, with some robots already helping build and test future units. (Photo: 1X Technologies)

Hayward just turned into one of the Bay Area’s most sci-fi job sites. Robotics firm 1X Technologies has fired up full-scale production of NEO, its home humanoid robot, inside a newly opened 58,000-square-foot factory.

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U.S. robotics firm 1X has begun full-scale production of its NEO humanoid robots at a new vertically integrated facility in Hayward, California. The plant can produce 10,000 units annually, with plans to surpass 100,000 by 2027, and has already sold out ...

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