Behind every impressive robot hardware is an intelligent system that runs on the backend. Software is the differentiator. The hardware: motors, sensors, and body may catch attention, but the real value lies in the intelligence stack: perception, reasoning, and learning. NEO, the new humanoid robot from @1X_tech, embodies this shift. It’s powered by Redwood AI, a vision-language-action transformer that allows it to see, understand, and move in the physical world. Redwood brings three core breakthroughs: - Unified intelligence: A single system handles vision, language, and motion together, allowing smooth, human-like coordination. - Integrated motion: It can walk, grasp, and navigate at the same time, making actions more natural and purposeful. - Local autonomy: Its intelligence runs entirely on-device, enabling fast reactions, privacy, and true independence from the cloud. NEO stands among the first consumer robots to demonstrate true on-device intelligence, when machines stop following scripts and start thinking for themselves. Where CodecFlow fits in CodecFlow takes that same principle: software as the core of intelligence, and makes it open and composable. While Redwood AI powers a single robot, CodecFlow’s Operators make intelligence modular, shareable, and upgradeable across any platform. Each Operator is an AI skill that can be created, traded, and installed instantly. Developers can build Operators for specific regions, tasks, or personalities: a cleaning Operator tuned to how households in Asia organize spaces, a logistics Operator that optimizes factory lines in Europe, or even a conversational Operator that mirrors local humor and culture. Through the CodecFlow Marketplace, these skills become discoverable and monetizable. Fixed hardware evolves into software-defined systems. NEO shows what advanced robotics can achieve. CodecFlow shows how that intelligence scales: across devices, developers, and the entire machine economy.