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Re:Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that... by namank on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @07:17PM (#44242563)
What does it take to fold my laundry? Not a joke. I'll pay.
Re:Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that... by charleszyong on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @07:27PM (#44242624)
For hardware, folding laundry with just one arm is really hard. So probably you will need a dual arm setup.

For software, even the best policy in the industry struggles a little bit (the arms they are using is about $10k each): - https://youtu.be/Oa19cq_MxE0 - https://www.dyna.co/research

In conclusion, for hardware, it might work if you have two of the arms; for software, it's probably too hard to collect enough data to make it work.

Re:Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that... by norcalkc on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @11:30PM (#44243948)
Came here to ask this. Two arms? I'll pay.
Re:Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that... by charleszyong on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @02:22PM (#44250349)
We will have a two-arm version available, as well as a kit for people to convert the current version to two arms—probably in August or September.