{"id":3037,"date":"2026-07-10T16:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:09:49","slug":"the-more-i-watch-neos-new-robot-video-the-creepier-it-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3037","title":{"rendered":"The more I watch NEO&#8217;s new robot video the creepier it gets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p>One of the key problems in modern robotics is the hands. More precisely, the human hand is such a powerful, versatile and precise instrument that it&#8217;s incredibly hard to create a robotic version of it that even comes close. <\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto-based robotics company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1x.tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">1X<\/a> appears to have made some significant progress here by creating a robotic hand that uses a tendon-like system to operate. The company CEO Bernt Bornich posted a video of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/1x-neo-humanoid-robot-preorder\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">NEO robot<\/a> and its new hands in action, and while it is impressive, it&#8217;s also very, very unsettling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/humanoid-robots-teleoperated-gallbladder-surgery-uc-san-diego\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">Humanoid robots just removed a gallbladder in a live surgery<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>In the video, we see the robot perform tasks that are easy for most humans but pretty hard for robots, including separating grapes from their stems, picking up a steel glass, and screwing in a lightbulb. <\/p>\n<p>Then, the video veers deep into uncanny valley territory, as the robot slowly unzips a man&#8217;s jacket, and \u2013 in a particularly creepy moment \u2013 shows that its fingers can bend backwards. <\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Light Speed<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>We get it; the robot is pretty dextrous, and at times it even surpasses human abilities, but us humans are very sensitive to things being almost-but-not-quite-human. The robot&#8217;s emotionless face doesn&#8217;t help matters much, either. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1x.tech\/discover\/neos-hands\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">blog post<\/a>, 1X explains that with these new &#8220;25 Degree of Freedom&#8221; hands, NEO can &#8220;perform virtually any task a human can do with their hands.&#8221; The hands are IP68 waterproof and food-safe (meaning NEO can wash its hands like a human can), and they&#8217;re not just a blunt instrument for handling things; instead, they&#8217;re also filled with sensors allowing the robot to react to different, delicate situations, such as recognizing when something is about to slip and fall, or handling something as fragile as origami without breaking it. <\/p>\n<p>Even better, the hands aren&#8217;t just a prototype that&#8217;s years from manufacturing. 1X claims it can produce them in house, at a scale of 10,000 units per year. 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