Eve Humanoid Robot Folds Laundry

Robotics startup 1X has released a new video showing its humanoid robot Eve folding laundry and packing boxes as a demonstration of its dexterity and task-handling capabilities.

“We're excited to share our latest progress on teaching Eve general-purpose skills,” the company said. “Everything in the video is all autonomous, all 1X speed, all controlled with a single set of neural network weights.”

The video is the latest in a series of updates from the company as it gears up for a wide-scale commercial launch.

1X previously released a video showcasing Eve’s neural network capabilities as it performed various tasks including picking and packing items, cleaning toys from the floor and opening doors.

The Norwegian robotics company, backed by OpenAI, said its humanoid robots are primarily intended to step in for a dwindling labor force, adding that the robots are designed to assist rather than replace human workers. 

“1X combines human-like bodies with the ‘minds’ of advanced language and autonomous movement models,” the company’s website says. 

Alongside Eve, the company also has an industrial humanoid model, Neo, which it describes as “artificial intelligence tak[ing] form in a human-like body.”

Eve uses AI to understand and navigate its environment. According to 1X, it uses AI to make Eve a “learning” and “creating” robot, capable of understanding commands and generating responses and actions accordingly. 

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