When Will Robots Live With Us? Inside 1X's NEO with Dar Sleeper, VP of Design & Product
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June 11, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of humanoid robots living in homes, featuring insights from Dar Sleeper of 1X.
Would you live with a humanoid robot? Could you beat one in a fight? Today, we're talking to Dar Sleeper, VP of Design, Product, and Marketing at 1X, the company building Neo, a humanoid robot designed to live and work alongside humans in the home. We discuss why the home is actually the most strategic beachhead in humanoid robotics, how world models are collapsing the gap between robots that follow instructions and robots that genuinely learn, why consumer adoption may be the unlock that industrial deployments can never be, and what it feels like to have a 60-pound robot in your house long before the rest of the world can get one. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! To learn more about 1X, check out their
People in this episode
Host: Modern CTO
Guest: Dar Sleeper
Topics covered
- humanoid robots
- robotics
- consumer adoption
- technology in the home
- design and product development
Keywords
- humanoid robot
- 1X
- Neo
- robotics
- consumer adoption
- technology
- design
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: 1X
Products: Neo
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