I think the handling linens issue goes away when you rethink the bed, linens and machinery as a whole. What if the sheets were more of a pillow case style and

I think the handling linens issue goes away when you rethink the bed, linens and machinery as a whole. What if the sheets were more of a pillow case style and the bed changed itself. Perhaps some machinery would lift the mattress, and the sheets could be slipped off and back on again by some arms within the bed frame. Those linens could then be dispensed through internal chutes into a laundry room. Someone further up this discussion thread said it really well, they suggested that we should think of the hotel as a complete machine, rather than machines operating inside a hotel.