Figure 03 vs 1X NEO: Two Competing Visions for General-Purpose Humanoids in 2026

Figure shows stronger public autonomy evidence while 1X offers the only priced, reservable consumer humanoid—neither has proven reliable unsupervised household performance.

• Figure leads on autonomy evidence: Helix 2.5 completed 56% of blind household trials across 30 unseen homes vs. 9% without index pretraining, on tying toys, folding towels, and making beds.
• 1X leads on consumer access: NEO offers a public $20,000 early-access price (or $499/month), a $200 refundable deposit, and ~10,000 first-year reservations booked within five days.

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