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Sunday Robotics says its robot can fold clothes it has never seen in unfamiliar homes
Sunday Robotics, a $1.15 billion startup, will place Memo robots in homes through a beta program this fall.
TL;DR
- Sunday Robotics unveiled ACT-2, an AI model powering its Memo robot, which can fold laundry with over 99% accuracy on unfamiliar items in new homes.
- The company introduced a new industry standard called "Solve" to assess robot capabilities based on reliability and specific conditions, rather than just demonstrations.
- Memo learns tasks through human demonstrations using sensor-equipped gloves and then refines its skills through its own trial-and-error learning.
- Memo is set to launch in a beta program for homes this fall, competing with other companies like Weave Robotics, 1X, and Tesla in the home robot market.
- Sunday Robotics aims for Memo to operate autonomously, using remote operators only for customer-requested assistance, not for data collection.