ROBOT OF THE WEEK: ROBOBUTLER IRONS YOUR CLOTHES
by Hazed
We’ve all been waiting for a robot that will perform all the household chores that we hate doing ourselves. Now one robot has been developed that can do one of those boring jobs: the ironing.
The TEO robot was originally developed in 2012 at the Carlos III University of Madrid in Spain. It learned to climb stairs and open doors, which is a good start. But it’s also learning how to iron clothes.
TEO needs a human to assist by putting an item of clothing onto an ironing board. Then the robot uses a camera built into its head to create an image that represents the garment and ironing board. It detects wrinkles on the clothing, then runs the iron over them. Then it runs its wrinkle-detection software again and repeats the process, as many times as necessary, until all the wrinkles are gone.
It’s a good start. Now can I please have a robot that will change the duvet cover for me!
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138264-this-handy-robot-will-iron-your-clothes-so-you-dont-have-to/
(Note: this article is a year old but I only just came across it.)
