#952 When Will Robots Live With Us? Inside 1X's NEO with Dar Sleeper, VP of Design & Product

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 website here.

About Dar Sleeper

My name is Dar Sleeper, son of Farinaz and Dean, brother to Mia, Zach, and Zoe. I grew up in Seattle on the border of Burien and West Seattle. I went on to attended the University of Michigan, where I played NCAA sports and earned a degree.

I design products and build universes around them. My latest work focuses on bringing humanoid robots into the world.