Comment by BugsJustFindMe
2 days ago
Founded in 2014. Do they have any actual product that isn't purely aspirational yet? Can you buy this Neo Gamma? What were they doing in 2014?
2 days ago
Founded in 2014. Do they have any actual product that isn't purely aspirational yet? Can you buy this Neo Gamma? What were they doing in 2014?
Apparently, they are using the robot in employee homes:
"We've been dogfooding NEO Gamma in 1X employee homes for weeks now, doing chores around the house. Under the suit, NEO Gamma has a lot of HW improvements that make it more reliable. The 1X AI team also pushed hard to get natural human-like walking, sitting, and bending down to pick things off the ground. My conviction that the humanoid form factor is the only viable shape for serving labor in a home has never been higher."
- Eric Jang (AI at 1X)
https://x.com/ericjang11/status/1893019683374436404
> the humanoid form factor is the only viable shape for serving labor in a home
I have never heard a good argument for why this might be the case. Anyone care to chime in? I know that "built environment" and "ergonomics" exist but generally there is a lot of open space in a home that allows for a vast array of possible form factors.
almost everything you have in your home is built for humans, so adopting this form factor is the likeliest to fit everywhere and be able to operate everything
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Not all homes, even in America, have lots of open space. One device that can perform and interact with objects made for humans is a convenience thing. Most new-construction homes don’t even have “garages” for smart vacuums, despite being a decade old and frequently discussed.
Sure a team of robots could just trigger APIs and swarm around the house, but that’s a lot of moving parts. Alternatively, we could build our home for robots’ use, accept our homes aren’t made for us, and hope the form factors don’t change over the lifespan of the building.
Stairs and shelves.
Waiting around for AI to be good…
Honestly, this thing does look super impressive. The movements are much faster and more fluid than the Figure humanoid. The 2030s are going to be nuts.