Sunday Robotics Trains Robot Hands, Still Breaks No Wine Glasses
KEY POINTS
- •Sunday Robotics, founded by Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi in April 2024, developed Memo in under two years.
- •Memo autonomously clears dinner tables, loads dishwashers, folds socks, and makes espresso, impressively handling fragile wine glasses.
- •The company trains Memo with proprietary gloves worn by 500 US data collectors, cutting costs down from $20,000 to $200.
- •Tony Zhao claims over 20 live demos yielded zero broken wine glasses, marking a milestone in home robotics dexterity.
Founded in April 2024 by Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi, Sunday Robotics spent less than two stealthy years creating Memo, the autonomous robot that can clear dinner tables, load dishwashers, fold socks, and make espresso – basically doing chores most humans avoid while claiming 'I don’t know how.' Memo's secret weapon? Gloves that mimic its Lego-like robot hands, training on 500 human data collectors across the US at a capital cost shocker: a mere $200 versus the usual $20,000 teleoperation circus. Zhao proudly announced over 20 demos with zero shattered wine glasses – setting the bar low, but hey, no laundry-folding robots broke glass... yet.
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(1 of 3)Memo the robot masters dishwashing but still can’t get invited to dinner parties. Zero wine glasses broken but zero social skills detected.
A robot that folds socks and loads dishwashers but probably can't do small talk at your in-laws' dinner.
Memo’s secret training: humans wearing weird gloves instead of humans teaching with joysticks. Because who needs normal hands when you’ve got Lego fingers?
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/22/2025 | Author: Lloyd Lee
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