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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by erikpukinskis on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:26PM (#14596535)
Cooking and folding clothes aren't going to be automated for a long time. Fine motor control is a hard problem that has resisted automation for decades. GPUs and RNNs don't help.

You need fingertips with lots of nerves, and probably thousands of very nuanced motor control paradigms.

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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by vinceguidry on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:49PM (#14596804)
I'd be happy with just laying the clothes flat so they don't wrinkle. That way I can get to it whenever. Especially if they're pressed first.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by vezycash on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @02:11PM (#14597012)
Buy wrinkle resistant clothes - they can be washed without needing pressing.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by vinceguidry on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @04:19PM (#14598218)
No thanks, my current workflow works just fine.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by Retric on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:56PM (#14596892)
There are demos of robots folding random laundry. They are slow and expensive, but that's the stuff that improves over time.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by jimktrains2 on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @05:59PM (#14598987)
Sure, actual cooking won't be. However, taking a frozen entrée and heating it could very easily be automated.
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @02:53PM (#14597395)
Cooking has been automated for many people for a long time, all they need to do is open the microwave door.
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