Robot Masters Ancient And Mystical Art Of Garment Folding
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 10 of September , 2009 at 12:28 am
It’s great that my Roomba can vacuum the floor, but you know what? So can I. I know how to vacuum. Vacuuming is not a problem for me. Folding clothing, on the other hand, is (as far as I can tell) a science (or is it an art?) that human brains simply cannot master. This little robot named Foldy gets the job done with the aid of a ceiling mounted camera and a PC, and is able to fold everything from pants to shirts to… uh… pants. If it could only do laundry and put the folded clothes away, it could enjoy a life of non-stop busyness on the floor of my room.
Shockingly, the point of Foldy is not really to fold clothes, but to demonstrate “an interactive graphical editing interface that tells intelligent robots how to complete tasks in dynamic environments.” Basically, you show the robot (on the computer) how you want it to fold something, a learning technique that can be applied to all kinds of other household chores… Although, how anyone knows enough about folding things to competently teach a robot is utterly beyond me.
VIA [ Plastic Pals ] and [ Robots Dreams ]
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