San Francisco, CA – Nov, 2025 – OpenDroids, a robotics startup focused on practical home and workplace automation, today announced that its humanoid robot has completed a full dishwasher-loading task roughly twice as fast as 1X Technologies’ Neo robot, despite operating on around 1/100 of the capital raised by its better-funded competitor.
In a recent side-by-side kitchen demonstration, OpenDroids’ robot and Neo were each tasked with loading a standard dishwasher with dishes from a countertop and sink. Under comparable conditions, the OpenDroids unit finished the job in approximately half the time, showcasing what the company calls “capital-efficient automation” doing more with dramatically less money.
“Everyone talks about billion-dollar robots. We wanted to prove you don’t need a billion dollars to get real work done,” said Jack Jesionowski, Founder at OpenDroids. “With about one-hundredth of Neo’s funding, our robot loaded the dishwasher twice as fast. It’s not just a flex, it’s proof that scrappy engineering and tight focus can beat raw capital.”
Proving That Speed and Scrappiness Still Matter
While much of the industry is focused on glossy demos and mega-rounds, OpenDroids intentionally chose a boring, unavoidable household chore, doing the dishes, to illustrate a bigger point:
- Real task, real environment – No lab tricks. A standard kitchen, real dishes, and a common home appliance.
- Direct comparison – Same core task: identify dishes, grasp them, and load them into the appropriate racks.
- Capital efficiency – OpenDroids claims to have spent 1/100 of Neo’s funding and still delivered faster real-world performance in this test.
“We respect what teams like 1X are building. But this demo shows something important,” added Sebastian Paredes, CMO of OpenDroids. “The future won’t be won just by whoever raises the biggest round. It’ll be won by whoever can turn every dollar into actual, repeatable tasks in the real world.”
More With Less: A Different Robotics Playbook
Instead of chasing sci-fi perfection, OpenDroids is focused on nailing a narrow set of high-frequency tasks that matter most to households and businesses: cleaning, organizing, and basic handling.
The dishwasher demo is the first in a series of public benchmarks the company plans to release, all centered around one idea: “Show, don’t tell.”
- Task-first, not hype-first – Every demo is chosen around economic value: chores people hate, time businesses can’t afford to waste.
- Capital discipline – Lean teams, smaller budgets, and faster iteration cycles.
- Execution over aesthetics – If it gets the job done faster and reliably, it wins.
Watch the Demo
The full side-by-side dishwasher run featuring OpenDroids and Neo is available at:
Businesses, investors, and partners interested in pilot programs or collaborations can reach the team at contact@opendroids.com or visit the website.
About OpenDroids
OpenDroids is a robotics company building practical humanoid robots for real-world chores, starting with cleaning, organizing, and basic handling tasks in homes and businesses. Operating with a fraction of the capital of legacy robotics players, OpenDroids focuses on capital-efficient engineering, fast iteration, and real-world performance, proving that you don’t need billions to automate the work people least want to do.
Learn more at website.
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