I Tried the First Humanoid Home Robot. It Got Weird. | WSJ

The Wall Street Journal October 28, 2025
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The 1X Neo is one of the first humanoid robots built for your home and is equipped with full AI software. For $20,000, you can pre-order X1’s Neo now with delivery set for 2026. But a company representative might need to peer into your home, via Neo’s camera eyes, to help get things done. WSJ’s Joanna Stern spent time with it—and its creator—to see what it can really do and how much it still requires a human operator’s help. Chapters: 0:00 The first humanoid home robot 0:37 Neo’s body (hardware) and safety challenges 3:27 Neo’s brain (teleoperation vs. autonomy) 7:11 Neo’s usefulness vs. privacy tradeoff 8:11 Neo’s future Watch the full interview with 1X CEO Bernt Bornich here: https://youtu.be/NIHU7Y8-8k4 Tech Things With Joanna Stern Everything is now a tech thing. In creative and humorous videos, WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern explains and reviews the products, services and trends that are changing our world. #Tech #AI #WSJ

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