Comments on: Robot folds laundry http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749568 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749568 Nice LEOPARD print towel...loser. Nice LEOPARD print towel…loser.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749569 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749569 What happens when you put a shirt in the pile? What happens when you put a shirt in the pile?

]]> By: pragmatist http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749574 pragmatist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749574 I love how the time-lapse footage makes its final folding actions look downright dainty! I love how the time-lapse footage makes its final folding actions look downright dainty!

]]> By: Chupacabara http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749577 Chupacabara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749577 Klaatu Barada Nickers! Klaatu Barada Nickers!

]]> By: donotclickjim http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749580 donotclickjim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749580 Impressive, even if it does take it forever. Just think, if they can improve the speed and get the costs down this could also end the fast food jobs as well as any other low skill labor job. Give it 10-20 years and these will dominate the current low wage jobs. Impressive, even if it does take it forever. Just think, if they can improve the speed and get the costs down this could also end the fast food jobs as well as any other low skill labor job. Give it 10-20 years and these will dominate the current low wage jobs.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749581 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749581 It's Rosie! It's amazing how anthropomorphic she gets after a minute or so, at least to me. The quizzical way she holds up a new towel -- <i>now what the hell am I going to do with this one? Is this really a towel? How about on the back?</i> -- is priceless. It’s Rosie!

It’s amazing how anthropomorphic she gets after a minute or so, at least to me. The quizzical way she holds up a new towel — now what the hell am I going to do with this one? Is this really a towel? How about on the back? — is priceless.

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749582 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749582 pragmatist, Exactly! pragmatist,

Exactly!

]]> By: kpkpkp http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749594 kpkpkp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749594 Bender's Mom? http://blogs.eveningsun.com/troublebrewing/bender.jpg Bender’s Mom?
http://blogs.eveningsun.com/troublebrewing/bender.jpg

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749860 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749860 Shit, Skynet's just around the corner! Shit, Skynet’s just around the corner!

]]> By: randalll http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749606 randalll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749606 If they figured out how to make it pair up socks and hang up dress shirts I would drop $500 on this immediately. I haaaate doing laundry. If they figured out how to make it pair up socks and hang up dress shirts I would drop $500 on this immediately. I haaaate doing laundry.

]]> By: GraemeM http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749611 GraemeM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749611 Brilliant! Now give it a pair of trousers, at tie and a bra, in that order, and sent it around here on a Sunday. PS, the bra is not mine. Brilliant! Now give it a pair of trousers, at tie and a bra, in that order, and sent it around here on a Sunday. PS, the bra is not mine.

]]> By: deckard68 http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749874 deckard68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749874 How many towels did it take to learn the table trick, though? Was colliding the towel with the table to make a fold part of the process from the start or did it learn it? How many towels did it take to learn the table trick, though? Was colliding the towel with the table to make a fold part of the process from the start or did it learn it?

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749624 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749624 I couldn't help myself: http://www.gatetek.com/images/robotlupe.jpg I couldn’t help myself:

http://www.gatetek.com/images/robotlupe.jpg

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749625 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749625 That's nothing. I hear Ben folds five! That’s nothing. I hear Ben folds five!

]]> By: kasinator79 http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749881 kasinator79 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749881 For some reason I found this very cute. For some reason I found this very cute.

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749882 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749882 Can we program it to gossip in cockney as well? I always wanted a Victorian-era scullery maid. Can we program it to gossip in cockney as well? I always wanted a Victorian-era scullery maid.

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749883 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749883 Also, the video needs Yakkity-Sax. Also, the video needs Yakkity-Sax.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-753478 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753478 He(?) does it quicker than me! He(?) does it quicker than me!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-750920 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750920 Nope, it runs on electrict motors Nope, it runs on electrict motors

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749647 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749647 Now THAT is pretty impressive. Considering that my wife can't fold towels. Although I bet it is pretty tedious to watch at real-time speed (it looks sped up.) Now THAT is pretty impressive. Considering that my wife can’t fold towels.

Although I bet it is pretty tedious to watch at real-time speed (it looks sped up.)

]]> By: pstarr http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749650 pstarr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749650 love it, but it definitely needs yakity sax-ing. love it, but it definitely needs yakity sax-ing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749658 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749658 Watching a robot do such a familiar task so painstakingly makes me realise how amazing human beings are. Watching a robot do such a familiar task so painstakingly makes me realise how amazing human beings are.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749661 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749661 April fools! I love how the drapes move in the back ground as if they were stop animated. Amazing technology, that robot. It must run on pneumatics. April fools! I love how the drapes move in the back ground as if they were stop animated. Amazing technology, that robot. It must run on pneumatics.

]]> By: danwarning http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749663 danwarning Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749663 I guess that's a good thing. It would give my wife more time making sandwiches and getting beer for me. I guess that’s a good thing. It would give my wife more time making sandwiches and getting beer for me.

]]> By: rationalist http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749671 rationalist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749671 Sudo fold me a towel. Sudo fold me a towel.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749682 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749682 Sorry! Still cannot distinguish between large boxer shorts and small towels. Useless! Useless! Sorry! Still cannot distinguish between large boxer shorts and small towels.

Useless! Useless!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749684 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749684 Haven't folding machines been used industrially for decades? Haven’t folding machines been used industrially for decades?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-751736 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-751736 The leopard print was probably used to test the ability to deal with complex patterns without any problems. The leopard print was probably used to test the ability to deal with complex patterns without any problems.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-749702 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-749702 April Fools? Really? The video was posted March 17th. April Fools? Really?

The video was posted March 17th.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/01/robot-folds-laundry.html#comment-750982 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750982 Nope, The video was uploaded to youtube on st. paddy's day! Nope, The video was uploaded to youtube on st. paddy’s day!

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