Christian Hubicki
@chubicki.bsky.social
Robotics Professor • Director, Optimal Robotics Lab • Florida State University • Legged Robotics—Control and AI—Biomechanics • TEDx Fellow • Science babbled on National TV
1X NEO, the first-ever humanoid robot for home use, is now available for preorder. Should you buy one? Should anyone buy one?
I have thoughts.
youtu.be/NXOROA8Q9fs
I have thoughts.
youtu.be/NXOROA8Q9fs
Roboticist explains the 1X NEO home humanoid. Remains calm.
YouTube video by Christian Hubicki
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November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1X NEO, the first-ever humanoid robot for home use, is now available for preorder. Should you buy one? Should anyone buy one?
I have thoughts.
youtu.be/NXOROA8Q9fs
I have thoughts.
youtu.be/NXOROA8Q9fs
The world is so quirky. Reminds me of umbrella man.
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The world is so quirky. Reminds me of umbrella man.
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
Conspiracies swirled why he was holding an open umbrella on a sunny day… next to the JFK assassination. Turns out he was protesting JFK’s father’s support of Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler. He testified to Congress in 1978—with the umbrella!
Watched Pluribus. I gotta hand it them.
The first episode was written to trigger every weird anxiety I have. I was so unsettled I had to leave the room. I almost quit.
And yet by episode two I’m enthralled. I can’t stop thinking about it. Might rewatch.
It’s top shelf sci-fi.
The first episode was written to trigger every weird anxiety I have. I was so unsettled I had to leave the room. I almost quit.
And yet by episode two I’m enthralled. I can’t stop thinking about it. Might rewatch.
It’s top shelf sci-fi.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Watched Pluribus. I gotta hand it them.
The first episode was written to trigger every weird anxiety I have. I was so unsettled I had to leave the room. I almost quit.
And yet by episode two I’m enthralled. I can’t stop thinking about it. Might rewatch.
It’s top shelf sci-fi.
The first episode was written to trigger every weird anxiety I have. I was so unsettled I had to leave the room. I almost quit.
And yet by episode two I’m enthralled. I can’t stop thinking about it. Might rewatch.
It’s top shelf sci-fi.
“School music director.. GUSTAV HOLST”?!??!
![Franklin was 11 when she went to St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, west London, one of the few girls' schools in London that taught physics and chemistry.[29][31][32] At St Paul's, she excelled in science, Latin,[33] and sports.[34] Franklin also learned German, and became fluent in French, a language she would later find useful. Franklin topped her classes, and won annual awards. Her only educational weakness was in music, for which the school music director, the composer Gustav Holst, once called upon her mother to enquire whether she might have suffered from hearing problems or tonsillitis.[35]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73aicoale2mqwrap63rdzwep/bafkreia5jxtahk5tju7266k47lbdf53f5ojdwkchicsd2fcpq434arjkbm@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“School music director.. GUSTAV HOLST”?!??!
Reposted by Christian Hubicki
This little guy is having the greatest day of his life.
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This little guy is having the greatest day of his life.
Folks.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Folks.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
The next year in humanoid robotics is going to get deeply weird and will result in products I’ll be uncomfortable talking about.
I can’t believe I let Netflix trick me into watching House of Dynamite.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I can’t believe I let Netflix trick me into watching House of Dynamite.
That sound you hear is Netflix backing a Brinks truck into his driveway.
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
That sound you hear is Netflix backing a Brinks truck into his driveway.
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif.
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif.
A classic.
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A classic.
Wife: “When I type ‘Star Trek’ on my phone it tries to autocompletes to ‘Discovery’.”
Me: “Someone else must be using your phone.”
Me: “Someone else must be using your phone.”
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Wife: “When I type ‘Star Trek’ on my phone it tries to autocompletes to ‘Discovery’.”
Me: “Someone else must be using your phone.”
Me: “Someone else must be using your phone.”
“It’s not ready.” That’s the reaction when a humanoid company runs a live demo trying to do something useful and they’re brave enough to let reporters film it.
Now think about the humanoid companies that don’t.
Now think about the humanoid companies that don’t.
Wow. The backlash to the 1X Neo announcement has been widespread and *merciless*.
This may be a warning to lots of humanoids companies. All your promises don’t matter to the public if your robot looks or acts dumb.
youtu.be/b_SNExtznd4?...
This may be a warning to lots of humanoids companies. All your promises don’t matter to the public if your robot looks or acts dumb.
youtu.be/b_SNExtznd4?...
Ronny Chieng Meets Neo, the World’s Stupidest Robot Maid | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“It’s not ready.” That’s the reaction when a humanoid company runs a live demo trying to do something useful and they’re brave enough to let reporters film it.
Now think about the humanoid companies that don’t.
Now think about the humanoid companies that don’t.
Wow. The backlash to the 1X Neo announcement has been widespread and *merciless*.
This may be a warning to lots of humanoids companies. All your promises don’t matter to the public if your robot looks or acts dumb.
youtu.be/b_SNExtznd4?...
This may be a warning to lots of humanoids companies. All your promises don’t matter to the public if your robot looks or acts dumb.
youtu.be/b_SNExtznd4?...
Ronny Chieng Meets Neo, the World’s Stupidest Robot Maid | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Wow. The backlash to the 1X Neo announcement has been widespread and *merciless*.
This may be a warning to lots of humanoids companies. All your promises don’t matter to the public if your robot looks or acts dumb.
youtu.be/b_SNExtznd4?...
This may be a warning to lots of humanoids companies. All your promises don’t matter to the public if your robot looks or acts dumb.
youtu.be/b_SNExtznd4?...
I’m unimpressed.
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’m unimpressed.
And now I get it. You’re paying to give them data on how the 1X NEO operates in your home… teleoperated by a person.
This WSJ piece is enlightening.
youtu.be/f3c4mQty_so?...
This WSJ piece is enlightening.
youtu.be/f3c4mQty_so?...
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And now I get it. You’re paying to give them data on how the 1X NEO operates in your home… teleoperated by a person.
This WSJ piece is enlightening.
youtu.be/f3c4mQty_so?...
This WSJ piece is enlightening.
youtu.be/f3c4mQty_so?...
Wildly ambitious. 1X is actually selling robots for home use and chores.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Wildly ambitious. 1X is actually selling robots for home use and chores.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
We’ll learn how useful and reliable these things are very quickly.
Reposted by Christian Hubicki
Physicist William Higinbotham was born #OTD in 1910. During the Manhattan Project he was the Electronics Group leader at Los Alamos.
In 1958, while working at Brookhaven Lab, he invented one of the first video games: “Tennis for Two.” It ran on an oscilloscope! 🧪 ⚛️
Image: Brookhaven National Lab
In 1958, while working at Brookhaven Lab, he invented one of the first video games: “Tennis for Two.” It ran on an oscilloscope! 🧪 ⚛️
Image: Brookhaven National Lab
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Physicist William Higinbotham was born #OTD in 1910. During the Manhattan Project he was the Electronics Group leader at Los Alamos.
In 1958, while working at Brookhaven Lab, he invented one of the first video games: “Tennis for Two.” It ran on an oscilloscope! 🧪 ⚛️
Image: Brookhaven National Lab
In 1958, while working at Brookhaven Lab, he invented one of the first video games: “Tennis for Two.” It ran on an oscilloscope! 🧪 ⚛️
Image: Brookhaven National Lab
Reposted by Christian Hubicki
Hilariously bad idea. In my subfield author lists are almost always alphabetical!
🧪For those of us who do complex collaborations with multiple corresponding authors this is terrible . I suspect it will also hit female authors disproportionately as they tend to have more collaborations across fields…https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03281-4
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hilariously bad idea. In my subfield author lists are almost always alphabetical!
Reposted by Christian Hubicki
I found a capybara pebble🤎
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I found a capybara pebble🤎
Reposted by Christian Hubicki
can we just get clippy back, i honestly never minded clippy
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
can we just get clippy back, i honestly never minded clippy
Taken at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Taken at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
Dear god that’s a lot of robots…
From Jin L on LinkedIn.
Amazon is planning to hire 600K fewer workers as they expand.
This isn't like the robotics hype articles out there. These are leaked projections based on their newer more-automated Shreveport facility.
The article implies Amazon would rather keep this quiet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
This isn't like the robotics hype articles out there. These are leaked projections based on their newer more-automated Shreveport facility.
The article implies Amazon would rather keep this quiet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Amazon is planning to hire 600K fewer workers as they expand.
This isn't like the robotics hype articles out there. These are leaked projections based on their newer more-automated Shreveport facility.
The article implies Amazon would rather keep this quiet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
This isn't like the robotics hype articles out there. These are leaked projections based on their newer more-automated Shreveport facility.
The article implies Amazon would rather keep this quiet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
I’m thrilled to be a researcher and Outreach Director for the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m thrilled to be a researcher and Outreach Director for the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
This incredible scientific research center unites over 20 biology, physics, and engineering professors and their students to study how humans and animals move.
Oh neat! I was catching up on IEEE Spectrum blog's Video Friday and saw my 2025 humanoids lecture made it!
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oh neat! I was catching up on IEEE Spectrum blog's Video Friday and saw my 2025 humanoids lecture made it!
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
@evanackerman.bsky.social has done great work there for so many years reporting on #robotics news.
My humanoids lecture:
youtu.be/dtGsw3hJtZI?...
New Unitree humanoid dropped — the H2. 5’10” and 155lbs.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New Unitree humanoid dropped — the H2. 5’10” and 155lbs.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.
I’ll be honest, I don’t get the mannequin face. The neck doesn’t seem articulated, so it’s not like it will express more convincingly human or something.
Looks like they’ve scaled up their G1 design instead of directly iterating on the H1-2.