That's because it's fantastically difficult to manipulate soft, flexible fabrics. Building a [plausibly person-sized] robot that can reliably manage the entire

That's because it's fantastically difficult to manipulate soft, flexible fabrics. Building a [plausibly person-sized] robot that can reliably manage the entire laundry cycle end-to-end is hard to imagine doing on current tech no matter how much money you have. We're only going to see these sort of semi-partial solutions for a long time to come.