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PU 8: Robotics Slop

02 November 2025 35:10 Fabian A. Scherschel

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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.

Punching Upwards, Episode 8 for 2 November 2025

Journalism / Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Robotics / 1X Technologies / Silicon Valley / Bernt Børnich

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

The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules!



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