Robots/Parts/AI model
1X World Model
A second AI model inside 1X's NEO. It works like imagination: before the robot acts, the model predicts in video what the action will lead to. 1X describes it as the core of how NEO thinks ahead.
- 1 of 5
- robots in the database
1X- made by
- AI model
- brain layer
- Not public
- price
Key numbers
- Made by
- 1X, in-house
- What it is
- a video model that follows the rules of physics
Source: 1X, NEO AI page (1x.tech)
Strengths and trade-offs
Our analysisStrengths
Lets the robot check a plan before trying it for real.
Can help it handle tasks it was never directly taught.
Learns from video, which is far easier to collect than hand-labelled data.
Trade-offs
Imagined outcomes can be wrong, and the robot may act on them.
Predicting video takes a lot of computing.
Closed, so outsiders cannot test how well it works.
Why robot makers choose it
Our readA robot in a home meets objects and rooms it has never seen. A model that can picture the result of an action gives it a way to cope with the unfamiliar without being taught every case.
This is our reasoning from the public facts. No maker has confirmed it.
Robots using it
This list covers only the robots researched so far. A robot missing here may still use this part.
Numbers and listed prices on this page come from the sources shown. Anything marked as our analysis, our read or our estimate is our own view and has not been confirmed by any company. Last checked 12 Oct 2026. How we verify