Humanoid home robot tested: 1X Neo can vacuum, but it can't crack a walnut

[Redaktion]

The humanoid household robot 1X Neo is now available to pre-order, and the Wall Street Journal has conducted a preliminary test to examine its capabilities. The results revealed some surprises, particularly regarding the assistance the humanoid still requires.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Humanoid-home-robot-tested-1X-Neo-can-vacuum-but-it-can-t-crack-a-walnut.1164111.0.html

[Rafe]

It's genuinely hysterical that we have a 20000 dollar robot to run a 10 year old vacuum when you can buy a 1000 dollar robot vacuum that can pick things up and clean the entire house itself

[A]

It's genuinely hysterical that we have a 20000 dollar robot to run a 10 year old vacuum when you can buy a 1000 dollar robot vacuum that can pick things up and clean the entire house itself

It is like comparing a CPU with an NPU, even if the NPU can give you better results in AI workloads, it can't do everything a CPU can. The idea of a general purpose robot is precisely that general purpose, so while it may vacuum floors, you obviously want it to do more than just vacuum. Even when vacuuming, there are things like stairs or things like vacuuming shelves or desks.

Of course I am sure early models are going to be buggy like hell and mostly to show off and not that practical. But with enough time, they'll get good enough to eliminate all humans as inefficient carbon lifeforms.

[Julian M]

It's genuinely hysterical that we have a 20000 dollar robot to run a 10 year old vacuum when you can buy a 1000 dollar robot vacuum that can pick things up and clean the entire house itself

It is like comparing a CPU with an NPU, even if the NPU can give you better results in AI workloads, it can't do everything a CPU can. The idea of a general purpose robot is precisely that general purpose, so while it may vacuum floors, you obviously want it to do more than just vacuum. Even when vacuuming, there are things like stairs or things like vacuuming shelves or desks.

Of course I am sure early models are going to be buggy like hell and mostly to show off and not that practical. But with enough time, they'll get good enough to eliminate all humans as inefficient carbon lifeforms.

Not really, it is genuinely backwards to build something new to use old, obsolete stuff.

Inventing more and more crutches to sell isn't progress, it's just a business-driven mean to an end.

[Mack]

Honestly, who would pay for this? Invasion of privacy. You would have to pay me to allow this setup.