"The robot responded to a request for an espresso by rolling over to a countertop, and then using two pincerlike hands to slowly go through each step required to operate an espresso machine. It filled the porta filter with coffee grounds, tamped them down, slotted the porta filter into place and put a coffee cup below, pressed the buttons needed to start the machine, and finally retrieved the hot drink."
"Making a cup of espresso might not seem spectacular, but the feat is ridiculously hard for a robot to do in a real, messy kitchen. It requires the ability to identify different objects, figure out how to grasp them reliably, and use those objects properly. Sunday is not only building its own hardware but also training the models that allow its system to learn."
Memo is a wheeled, height-adjustable home robot with two arms, pincerlike hands, and a cartoonish face designed to navigate kitchens and manipulate objects. The robot executes multi-step tasks such as making espresso by identifying items, grasping them reliably, operating appliances, and delivering the finished drink. Achieving these capabilities requires integrated hardware and trained learning models to handle messy, unstructured domestic environments. Sunday Robotics pursues a full-stack, vertically integrated approach that combines proprietary robot hardware with models trained for manipulation and perception. The company plans to deploy fully autonomous home robots next year to automate chores like dishes and laundry.
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