Our story
We build what we need, one part at a time.
It started with a humanoid we bought to test our policies on. Its knee gave out, and we spent two months waiting on a single replacement part while everything ground to a halt. By then it was clear: a robot you can't fix yourself will always hold you back.
So we built our own. First came a set of legs, then a torso, then a whole body. Our team couldn't all share one robot, so we also built a simulator and the tools to run it from anywhere. What came out the other side is Asimov: the robot we wish we'd had, and probably the one you do too.
We're a team from computing, engineering, and plenty else, working across Singapore, Vietnam, and the US. 🇸🇬🇻🇳🇺🇸🇹🇷🇩🇪🇲🇽
(And yes, we've taken the first humanoid ever onto the Singapore MRT, hailed it a cab, and walked it down to Marina Bay Sands!)
Life at Menlo
We build things nobody's built before, so sometimes we break things nobody's broken before. That's why we celebrate the useful failures, and get right back to building.
CultureOur offices
From Singapore to Vietnam to the USA, Menlo is one global team building the future of robotics.
USA
Menlo's US office is on University Avenue, the main street of downtown Palo Alto, the birthplace of Silicon Valley and a short walk from Stanford.
Singapore
Menlo's Singapore office is in Sim Lim Square, Singapore's oldest electronics tower, where generations of builders have sourced parts, from soldering irons to RAM chips and motherboards.
Vietnam
Our Vietnam R&D Center is on Nguyen Hue Street, one of Ho Chi Minh City's main boulevards and a wide pedestrian street in the heart of District 1.