1X launches World Model Lab for embodied foundation-model pretraining
1X launched the World Model Lab led by Sam Sinha to focus on large-scale embodied world-model pretraining for NEO humanoid robots.
Evidence notes
- 1X launched the 1X World Model Lab to focus on large-scale embodied world-model pretraining for humanoid robots.
- The lab is led by Sam Sinha, who previously worked on large-scale multimodal generative foundation models at Luma AI.
- 1X said the lab will combine web-scale media, egocentric human videos, simulation, dexterous teleoperated robot data, and on-policy NEO data to improve real-world humanoid deployment.
Company context
1X is a humanoid robotics company developing NEO, a soft, tendon-driven home robot designed for safe interaction in everyday environments. OpenAI Startup Fund led a 1X funding round in 2023. Formerly known as Halodi Robotics (rebranded in 2023).