PU 8: Robotics Slop
According to the Wall Street Journal, the 1X NEO is a $20,000 robot that does your chores. The problem is that NEO is really bad at it. And the thing actually isn’t a robot, either.
Series - Punching Upwards
NEO and the founder of 1X Technologies, Bernt Børnich (The Wall Street Journal)
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Credits
Thanks to Sir Galteran for supporting the show via Fountain.fm!
Sources
- I Tried the First Humanoid Home Robot. It Got Weird., The Wall Street Journal, 28 October 2025
- NEO Home Robot, 1X Technologies
- I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human., The Wall Street Journal, 28 October 2025
- Cambridge Dictionary definition of the word “robot”
- R.U.R., Wikipedia
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