Folding laundry may be among the most abhorred household chores.
But, the task could soon be a thing of the past – at least, for humans.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, high-tech laundry robots are already beginning to make a buzz, including Seven Dreamers’ Laundroid.
The firm demonstrated what it claims is the ‘world’s first fully automated laundry folding robot,’ revealing it can even distinguish between different types of clothing to find the best folding style.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, high-tech laundry robots are already beginning to make a buzz, including Seven Dreamers’ Laundroid. The firm demonstrated what it claims is the ‘world’s first fully automated laundry folding robot’
Initially, Laundroid will be quite expensive.
The laundry robot is launching at $16,000, with luxury homeowners in mind.
But, as sales come in, they’re hoping to eventually bring the price down to around $2,000.
The robot has a sleek design that lets it blend in with the rest of your furniture, concealing the multiple robotic arms, cameras, and sensors on the inside.
Laundroid relies on visual analysis and artificial intelligence to fold clothes without any help from a human, President & CEO Shin Sakane told Dailymail.com.
‘It picks up each one-by-one and recognizes what kind of clothing it is.’
In a demonstration at CES, the firm revealed how easy it is to use; just load the Laundroid before bed, outing your clothes in randomly, and open the door to see neatly folded clothing in the morning
Laundroid is controlled by a ‘circle interface’ on its top segment, which allows you to open and close its doors.
An exhibitor demonstrates Seven Dreamers Laundroid at CES
In a demonstration at CES, the firm revealed how easy it is to use; just load the Laundroid before bed, putting your clothes in randomly, and open the door to see neatly folded clothing in the morning.
It also uses an accompanying app to visualize the process as it’s happening.
‘To begin, turn the dial to the 12 o’clock position to open the Laundroid,’ an exhibitor explained.
The middle compartment ‘is where the folded clothes will appear after the folding process is complete,’ she noted.
‘Turn the dial back to the 3 o’clock position to close the door.
‘Once the door is closed, I’m going to load my clothes into the bottom drawer.
The robot has a sleek design that lets it blend in with the rest of your furniture, concealing the multiple robotic arms, cameras, and sensors on the inside
‘Then the machine will pick up each type of clothing and begin to recognize which type of clothing it is so that it knows how to fold it correctly.’
The clothes don’t have to be arranged in any particular way for the system to work, just randomly place them in, and Laundroid will sort them itself.
According to Sakane, the system can hold about 30 items of clothing per session – or, about the size of one dryer load.
The laundry robot is launching at $16,000, with luxury homeowners in mind. But, as sales come in, they’re hoping to eventually bring the price down to around $2,000