'They're building each other': new X1 Neo robot video shows the humanoids assisting in the robot production process, just as all science fiction foretold

• 1X robot production facility is now building the Neo robot
• One factory worker will look especially familiar
• The company says it's on track to deliver the humanoid into homes this year

It's still hard to buy your own home robot. Humanoids like Tesla Optimus and Figure AI have yet to go on sale, and 1X's $20,000 Neo Home Robot is still on pre-order. But at least Neo is doing its best to move the operation along, as it, according to a newly released video, assists in its own production.

1X released a nearly three-minute-long video on Thursday that shows virtually the entire Neo robot production process, from machining key components to weaving the touchable or huggable fabric to dropping in an Nvidia GPU.

The video has close-up views of lathes, CNC systems, and overhead shots of a large factory where a legion of ...