Robot does what men cannot do: fold towels

April 2, 2010

UC Berkeley PhD student Jeremy Maitin-Shepard working with Professor Pieter Abbeel led the team that developed robotic code to fold towels, but there’s a catch…

The catch is that the video shows the robot folding towels at 50x the actual speed.

Posted by Steve Leibson on April 2, 2010 | Comments (4)

October 13, 2010

In response to: Robot does what men cannot do: fold towels
Moe commented:

Slick and unintentionally funny. This is EXACTLY why I don't fold the towels in my house: The robot is doing it the way my wife does and lack the patience. Let me know when you see one that can fold a shirt.

April 7, 2010

In response to: Robot does what men cannot do: fold towels
Timothy Ruddock commented:

This robot makes me laugh, it looks like it's picking up the towels with it's pinkies and saying to itself, "wtf, I ain't touching it if it's dirty!"

April 7, 2010

In response to: Robot does what men cannot do: fold towels
Larry commented:

Clearly, image processing of the towel is taking 90% of the resources. It clearly 'understands' what it is doing... bravo!

April 4, 2010

In response to: Robot does what men cannot do: fold towels
J.D. Mosley-Matchett commented:

Funny, but the robot's actual speed is exactly the same speed as my husband's--except he loses interest halfway through!

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