--- title: Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we... description: Consumer humanoid robots are entering the market, with 1X's Neo bot priced at $20,000 promising to handle household chores. Despite advances in hardware and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/humanoid-home-robots-are-on-the-market-but-do-we-really-want-them--xlvetvqqp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them? | daily.dev og:description: Consumer humanoid robots are entering the market, with 1X's Neo bot priced at $20,000 promising to handle household chores. Despite advances in hardware and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/humanoid-home-robots-are-on-the-market-but-do-we-really-want-them--xlvetvqqp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xLvetvqqP.png og:image:alt: Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Humanoid home robots are on the market – but do we really want them? **[Robohub](https://daily.dev/sources/robohub)** · 4 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Consumer humanoid robots are entering the market, with 1X's Neo bot priced at $20,000 promising to handle household chores. Despite advances in hardware and AI, these robots remain clumsy in uncontrolled home environments, rely on remote human operators behind the scenes, and raise significant privacy concerns due to intimate data collection. More than 50 companies are developing humanoid robots, but experts suggest truly useful home androids may still be 20 years away. The philosophical motivation of understanding human identity through humanoid robots is also explored alongside the commercial push. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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