A company called 1X is trying to get into the domestic robot business with a droid they're calling the NEO Home Robot. Neo is an elfin-looking anthropomorphic robot that goes for $20,000 and arrives at your home in a disturbingly egg-sac-like pod.
Thing is, like so many robotic devices, Neo's a Mechanical Turk. That's right, the autonomous robot in your house is, for most tasks, being tele-operated by a human being in god-knows-where. Don't worry, I'm sure they screen the operators rigorously.
Make sure you turn Neo off before you go to bed. Those robot hands look strong enough to throttle a person.
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