Monstrous 13-foot mecha craves the dangerous jobs humans avoid
Monstrous 13-foot mecha craves the dangerous jobs humans avoid
NeodraDynamics unveiled Neo1, a 4-meter tall hybrid hydraulic-electric humanoid robot with 41 joints and a 500 kg payload capacity, at the World Robot Conference and CIIF 2026. The company states that while hydraulics power 39 of its joints for heavy assembly and mining tasks, full autonomy and legged locomotion are not current priorities, with plans to mount the arms on a wheeled base instead.
NeodraDynamics introduced the Neo1, a 4-meter tall hybrid hydraulic-electric humanoid robot with 41 joints and a 500 kg payload capacity, demonstrating its capabilities at the World Robot Conference and CIIF 2026 while noting that full autonomy and legged locomotion are not current priorities for industrial use.
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industrial-supplies arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com – at the China International Industry Fair ( CIIF) in Shanghai, which ran October 12 to 16. NeodraDynamics pitches Neo1 for heavy assembly, mining, rescue and nuclear maintenance, the kind of risky jobs you hardly see people lining up for. The company describes a machine of roughly 13 ft (4 m) in height, with a weight of 1.2 metric tons (2,646 lb) and 41 con
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1.2
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industrial-supplies arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com – at the China International Industry Fair ( CIIF) in Shanghai, which ran October 12 to 16. NeodraDynamics pitches Neo1 for heavy assembly, mining, rescue and nuclear maintenance, the kind of risky jobs you hardly see people lining up for. The company describes a machine of roughly 13 ft (4 m) in height, with a weight of 1.2 metric tons (2,646 lb) and 41 con
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500
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ew crowds at CIIF in Shanghai, its first show with JD Industrial NeodraDynamics According to the company, each actuator weighs about 1 kg (2.2 lb) and produces "ton-level" continuous thrust, meaning a push it can sustain rather than a brief burst. That describes a single part, not the whole robot, so it does not mean each arm can lift a ton. The company's stated payload is 500 kg (1,102 lb) with both arms working tog
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≈1
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ew crowds at CIIF in Shanghai, its first show with JD Industrial NeodraDynamics According to the company, each actuator weighs about 1 kg (2.2 lb) and produces "ton-level" continuous thrust, meaning a push it can sustain rather than a brief burst. That describes a single part, not the whole robot, so it does not mean each arm can lift a ton. The company's stated payload is 500 kg (1,102 lb) with both arms working tog
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41
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industrial-supplies arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com – at the China International Industry Fair ( CIIF) in Shanghai, which ran October 12 to 16. NeodraDynamics pitches Neo1 for heavy assembly, mining, rescue and nuclear maintenance, the kind of risky jobs you hardly see people lining up for. The company describes a machine of roughly 13 ft (4 m) in height, with a weight of 1.2 metric tons (2,646 lb) and 41 con
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trollable joints. Engineers measure a robot's flexibility in degrees of freedom. Each is a movement the machine controls separately, such as bending an elbow. Of Neo1's 41 joints, 39 are driven by small hydraulic actuators, the parts that make a joint move. The actuators push a piston with pressurized oil, much like the arm of an excavator, only shrunk down. The other two are electric and rotate the forearms. Neo1 dr
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2
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trollable joints. Engineers measure a robot's flexibility in degrees of freedom. Each is a movement the machine controls separately, such as bending an elbow. Of Neo1's 41 joints, 39 are driven by small hydraulic actuators, the parts that make a joint move. The actuators push a piston with pressurized oil, much like the arm of an excavator, only shrunk down. The other two are electric and rotate the forearms. Neo1 dr
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Monstrous 13-foot mecha craves the dangerous jobs humans avoid
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industrial-supplies arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com – at the China International Industry Fair ( CIIF) in Shanghai, which ran October 12 to 16. NeodraDynamics pitches Neo1 for heavy assembly, mining, rescue and nuclear maintenance, the kind of risky jobs you hardly see people lining up for. The company describes a machine of roughly 13 ft (4 m) in height, with a weight of 1.2 metric tons (2,646 lb) and 41 con
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ew crowds at CIIF in Shanghai, its first show with JD Industrial NeodraDynamics According to the company, each actuator weighs about 1 kg (2.2 lb) and produces "ton-level" continuous thrust, meaning a push it can sustain rather than a brief burst. That describes a single part, not the whole robot, so it does not mean each arm can lift a ton. The company's stated payload is 500 kg (1,102 lb) with both arms working tog
Open source S5
trollable joints. Engineers measure a robot's flexibility in degrees of freedom. Each is a movement the machine controls separately, such as bending an elbow. Of Neo1's 41 joints, 39 are driven by small hydraulic actuators, the parts that make a joint move. The actuators push a piston with pressurized oil, much like the arm of an excavator, only shrunk down. The other two are electric and rotate the forearms. Neo1 dr
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