At Berkeley, a robot that folds laundry
February 18, 2011 | Length: 00:03:00
Need a little extra help getting the laundry done? Robotics engineers at University of California at Berkeley have developed a robot that can fold towels and socks. SmartPlanet talks to Berkeley Professor Pieter Abbeel and his student Stephen Miller about the technology behind their laundry-folding robot.
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RE: At Berkeley, a robot that folds laundry
Posted by tccedar
16th Mar 2011
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people continue to need
Posted by umber34
10th Oct 2011
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RE: At Berkeley, a robot that folds laundry
We need to stay away from automation in this vien that replace humans. We are already facing a SERIOUS backlash on outsourcing and though it may not be much but a job folding laundry may be the difference in lower income/education part of our society. This is far more important than you think considering the state of our economy and education system..
Posted by tlc042@...
22nd Feb 2011
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Would like to watch this but...
Please ditch Flash or support HTML 5 video so the millions and
millions of iPad users can watch video on your site. Flash is a
dead and wasteful way to play video on battery powered mobile
devices.
millions of iPad users can watch video on your site. Flash is a
dead and wasteful way to play video on battery powered mobile
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Posted by jjnol
27th Feb 2011
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RE: At Berkeley, a robot that folds laundry
What a waste of research resources. Design a robot that could go
into the nuke plant in Japan and pump water on the reactor - then
you have something. Fold my socks? I don't even bother with that
myself.
into the nuke plant in Japan and pump water on the reactor - then
you have something. Fold my socks? I don't even bother with that
myself.
Posted by tccedar
16th Mar 2011
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Seriously
There is no point doing this. Lets make a robot that is actually useful! San Francisco Spa
Posted by lasvegasbacon
Updated - 20th Jul 2011
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RE: At Berkeley, a robot that folds laundry
Such clever people but why bother? From an energy point of view, people continue to need to feed and keep warm, so why give their jobs to robots that also need energy to work? Unless, as has been said, to do dangerous work or repetitive high-precision tasks.
Posted by Rajabarel
19th Mar 2011
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people continue to need
From an energy point of view, people continue to need to feed and keep warm, so why give their jobs to robots that also need energy to work kral oyun
Posted by umber34
10th Oct 2011