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Robotic Chores

September 9th, 2009 Mike No comments

Professor Masahiko Inami of Keio University has created a new advancement in the field of robotics – a robot to do the most mundane of chores, the folding of laundry.  The robot receives instructions on how to fold the laundry via a Windows program, and then works on its own to fold what you give it.  As it is a prototype, this RV-style robot is somewhat impractical for the average household, but has huge commercial implications.  Now, if they could only get a robot to mow the lawn…