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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by zimpenfish on Monday January 15, 2018 @04:14AM (#16149448)
As a side comment mentioned: hotels would be an ideal case because they have a lot of standard things that need to be folded (sheets, pillow cases, towels, etc.) and sticking to those basic cases could probably bring the cost way down and reliability way up.

(But I suspect you don’t need a fancy machine for simple shapes - a simple folding wooden rig would do and be almost as quick. Hell, I’ve got a cheap plastic thing that’ll do shirts in seconds.)

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by dagw on Monday January 15, 2018 @05:07AM (#16149640)
hotels would be an ideal case because they have a lot of standard things that need to be folded

Large hotels and commercial laundry operations already have expensive specialized machines for folding. This does not seem to be targeting that market.

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