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Folding laundry. Robots are miserably bad at this, so far.
by robotresearcher 9y ago
Folding laundry.
Robots are miserably bad at this, so far.
- spodek 9y agoThere are clothes that don't need folding and lifestyles that don't need clothes that need folding.
- rconti 9y agowell, I take "folding" to mean "putting away". Eg, putting your socks in a drawer (usually balled up together, but I guess you could just toss individuals in there).. hanging up tshirts and sweatshirts, putting away your jeans and workout clothes.. Some kind of organization is ideal, because I often live out of the clean laundry hamper and it's a chore to hunt for stuff every time you need clothes.
- tmnvix 9y agoWhen I'm not living with others, this problem goes away. I start out with things in the wardrobe and drawers but as I get distracted by the things I actually want to do I gravitate towards a sort of inbox(clean)/outbox(dirty) 'floordrobe' system. It's surprisingly efficient.
- bunfunton 9y agoI do the same but having to hunt for clothes in the inbox sucks, and having to iron extremely wrinkled button up shirts sucks as well
- Qwertious 9y agoSo, join a nudist colony to avoid doing laundry?
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- robotresearcher 9y agoI wear a suit of armour. Disrupt the folding industry.
- koolba 9y agoRobots? Assuming you already have 7+ days worth of clothes simply hire a maid to come by once a week. With a human you never have to worry about software upgrades, charging batteries, or wake up in a cold sweat in fear of your hired help violating Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics.
- greedo 9y agoHumans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too!
- pksadiq 9y ago> Humans are quite capable of violating the laws of robotics too! Well, that could mean that robots may too violate the laws of robotics!
- robotresearcher 9y agoThe question was “why can’t you automate it?”.
- koolba 9y agoAutomate doesn’t have to mean a machine is handling it. It means you don’t have to handle it. Human automation is a valid tool, in particular for things like housework.
- robotresearcher 9y agoAutomate usually does mean to use machinery. I open a car factory. It is fully automated. See? Besides, the original question is totally boring if you allow human automation. Of course I can hire someone to do labour. No one needs that explained to them.