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Title: OpenDroids Beats 1X’s Neo in Real-World Dishwashing Test — at Twice the Speed and a Fraction of the Funding

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 MatterWhile 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&nb...

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