1X's NEO humanoid gains autonomy with new Redwood AI model

1X Technologies has unveiled Redwood, a new AI model designed to enhance the autonomy of its NEO humanoid robot for home environments. Redwood enables NEO to perform tasks such as laundry, answering doors, and navigating familiar spaces by leveraging real-world training data collected from 1X’s EVE and NEO robots. Key capabilities include generalization to handle task variations and unfamiliar objects, learned behaviors like hand selection and retrying failed grasps, and advanced whole-body, multi-contact manipulation that allows coordinated locomotion and manipulation, including bracing and leaning during tasks. Redwood supports mobile bi-manual manipulation, enabling NEO to move and manipulate objects simultaneously, and operates efficiently on NEO’s onboard embedded GPU. The system also integrates with an off-board language model for real-time voice control, interpreting user intent from speech and conversational context. At the 2025 NVIDIA GTC event, 1X showcased NEO in a nearly continuous teleoperated demo, highlighting Redwood’s potential as one of the first end-to-end mobile manipulation AI systems specifically designed for biped humanoid robots. Eric Jang, VP of AI at 1X, emphasized the model’s role in scaling robotic assistance for household chores. Additionally, CEO Berndt Børnich discussed the broader mission of addressing labor shortages with robotics, the challenges of designing safe and compliant home robots, regulatory hurdles, and societal perceptions of humanoid robots.