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Neo1, China's new giant industrial humanoid robot, is hung like a champ. The robot, developed by the Beijing startup Neodra Dynamics, stands 4 meters (13 feet) and weighs 1,200 kg (2,654 lbs). It runs on a mix of electric motors and digital hydraulics, which use pressurized fluid to deliver powerful, precise movements. It's the same kind of technology that gives excavators and other heavy machinery their enormous strength. Neo1 has 41 independently controlled movements, including 15 in each hand. Miniature hydraulic actuators power 39 of them acting like artificial muscles. Each actuator weighs just 1 kg (2.2 lbs), but Neodra claims they can generate enough force to push loads weighing over a metric ton. Neodra Dynamics, launched in 2024 by three Tsinghua University researchers, says it's working with JD Industrial, the multibillion-dollar Chinese industrial supply chain company, to test the Neo1 in heavy-duty factory jobs.