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Domestic robot costs $20k and requires remote operators to watch your home and control the robot

If you like the idea of letting strangers watch your home through your robot's eyes, here's a deal for you: 1X Technologies ...

Watch the 1x NEO household robot attempt to do chores

"Humanoids were long a thing of sci-fi...then they were a thing of research, but today — with the launch of NEO — humanoid ...
Road to VR

In-home Helper Robot ‘NEO’ Uses Remote VR Operators to Help with Chores

NEO is a humanoid robot from Palo Alto-based robotics startup 1X that could one day autonomously help out around your home.

1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation

1X NEO is available in tan, gray and dark brown. It's now available for pre-order from the company's website with a deposit ...
PCMag

This $20,000 Robot Can Do Your Chores, But Has One Big Potential Privacy Pitfall

For more complicated tasks, 1X Technologies' Neo home robot switches to 'expert mode,' which involves a company employee remotely 'supervising' a session while the robot works.
AgWeb

A Robot To Replace The Need For Farmers To Go Inside the Grain Bin

The Grain Weevil powered by JLI Robotics is a mobile robot that scurries across the top of the grain inside of a storage bin performing tasks that no human should ever do. The startup Is led by Ben ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Court Orders, GlassWorm, TARmageddon, And It Was DNS

This week, a US federal court has ruled that NSO Group is no longer allowed to use Pegasus spyware against users of WhatsApp.