Laundroid

The Laundroid is a home appliance used to automatically wash, dry, sort and fold clothes to a dedicated closet. It was first introduced and demonstrated at the 2015 CEATEC consumer electronics show in Tokyo. It was jointly developed by Daiwa House, Panasonic, and Seven Dreamers. Its image-recognition system and robotic arms currently take three to 10 minutes to pick and fold each item, or overnight for a load of laundry. It will go on sale in Japan first, and subsequently, in a limited number, in the United States. Release date is set to 2007, with pre-orders starting on March. The first machines will only be able to fold the clothes to the closet, but the final product - full wash, dry and fold system - is planned to be released in 2019.[1][2][3] In November 2016, Seven Dreamers announced it has secured an extra $60 million in Series B Funding led by Panasonic Corp., Daiwa House Industry Co., and SBI Investment Co.[4]

The Laundroid is a disruptive technology that poses the potential to combine the benefits of washing machines, clothes dryers and laundry baskets into an all-in-one solution and also free women from the chore of folding clothes.

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References

  1. ↑ Craine, Tatiana. "Laundroid, the Laundry-Folding Robot, Is Your New Favorite Time-Saving Invention". Inverse.
  2. ↑ Heater, Brian. "And Then There's Laundroid, The Laundry Folding Robot". Tech Times.
  3. ↑ McGrath, Jenny. "Laundry-folding robot may take hours, but at least you don't have to fold laundry". Digital Trends.
  4. ↑ "Laundroid Laundry-Folding Robot Maker Raises $60M". Robotics Trend.

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