NEO humanoid robot costs $20,000 but requires remote human operators who can see inside your home when it gets confused with household tasks.

If you like the idea of letting strangers watch your home through your robot's eyes, here's a deal for you: 1X Technologies is accepting preorders for Neo, a $20,000 humanoid robot designed to handle household chores-with a catch.

However, Ray says he became concerned about Neo after the Wall Street Journal published a story in which technology columnist Joanna Stern tried a demo and found that the robot is being remotely controlled, meaning the device is actively watching and listening (with its four onboard microphones) to everything that’s going on in your home.

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to reach $38 billion within the next decade.

Humanoid robots and cyber dogs are among the showstoppers that help companies gain sales opportunities at the CIIE.

This $20,000 humanoid robot designed to handle household chores like folding laundry and loading dishwashers. The catch? Human operators will remotely

Andrew Shore · NEO, a humanoid robot that does chores, has been made available for purchase. NEO is made and sold by the company 1X, which has been around since 2014

NEO, the humanoid robot, will perform basic household tasks, like opening doors and turning lights on or off, initially under human operator control

Now, researchers at the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) have trained a Unitree G1 robot to pull a 1,400-kilogram car along a flat surface. The robot itself weighs just 35 kilograms and stands at 132 centimeters, so the feat does look rather remarkable. You can watch it in the clip below: