China's NeodraDynamics unveils 13-foot Neo1 robot with 39 hydraulic actuators

NeodraDynamics Robotics presented Neo1, a 13-foot-class humanoid robot, at the 2026 China International Industry Fair with JD Industrial. The robot has 41 active degrees of freedom, 39 of them driven by miniature digital hydraulic actuators, and a two-arm payload of 1,102 pounds with claimed positioning accuracy of ±0.0002 inches.

• Neo1 has 41 active degrees of freedom, 39 powered by hydraulics
• Two-arm payload reaches 1,102 pounds (about 500 kg)
• Claimed repeatable positioning accuracy is ±0.0002 inches
• Each hydraulic actuator weighs about 2.2 pounds and delivers tons of thrust