Robotics company 1X officially launched its humanoid NEO Home Robot this week, opening up pre-orders for customers who want to live in a robot-assisted future.

"Humanoids were long a thing of sci-fi...then they were a thing of research, but today — with the launch of NEO — humanoid robots become a product. Something that you and me can reach out and touch," 1X CEO and founder Bernt Børnich said in a blog post announcing NEO's launch.

Understandably, people are a bit skeptical that a $20,000 robot will actually help them. (To be fair, the company also says there will be a $500 monthly subscription option for a robot.)

The videos we've seen thus far have shown, let's say, mixed results.

Here's 1x's own video about the robot, which includes it performing chores like answering the

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