NEO vs Atlas
Highest-completeness models in the category
1X NEO
Preorder$20,000
US$20,000 to own with a three-year warranty, or US$499 per month on subscription. A refundable US$200 deposit is due at order; 1X states US deliveries start in 2026.
Preorder · Preorder deposits only. 1X states NEO works autonomously by default, and that for a chore it does not know you can schedule a 1X Expert to guide it remotely.
Boston Dynamics Atlas
Enterprise onlyPrice not published
Boston Dynamics does not publish a price.
Enterprise only · Boston Dynamics states it is engaging a select number of early-adopter customers. There is no purchase path for individuals.
Where the published data differs
Every line below is computed from the two manufacturers’ own figures. Attributes neither brand publishes are omitted.
- Weight: Atlas 90 kg versus NEO 30 kg (200% more).
- Degrees of freedom: NEO 75 versus Atlas 56 (34% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Payload: Atlas 30 kg versus NEO 25 kg (20% more). Published data favours Atlas.
- Height: Atlas 190 cm versus NEO 168 cm (13% more).
- Sensors: NEO — Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones; Atlas — Tactile sensing and 360° camera view.
- IP rating: NEO — Body IP44, hands IP68; Atlas — IP67.
Full specification comparison
| Attribute | NEO | Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 168 cm | 190 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 90 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 56 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 30 kg |
| Runtime | 240 min | 240 min |
| Battery capacity | 842 Wh | Not published |
| Max speed | 6.2 m/s | Not published |
| Hand type | Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand | Not published |
| Actuator type | Low-inertia tendon drives | Not published |
| Hot-swap battery | Not published | Yes |
| Onboard compute | 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS | Not published |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Tactile sensing and 360° camera view |
| IP rating | Body IP44, hands IP68 | IP67 |
| Operating temperature | Not published | -20 °C to 40 °C |
| Teleoperation supported | Yes | Not published |
| SDK / secondary development | Not published by either | Not published by either |
| Warranty | 36 months | Not published |