It's 2018 and robots still won't do our laundry

said braka 10:20 PM
For women of the early 20th century,

the first automatic laundry machine must have seemed like a miracle. Gone were the days of washboards and handcranks, of raw fingers and hunched shoulders. With just the push of a button, you could send your clothes spinning. When you returned a mere hour later, the suds had cleared and your wardrobe felt like new.
These days, though, the laundromat feels utterly devoid of miracles. We were promised self-cleaning smart homes. Instead, we’re still pouring excessive amounts of time, energy, and soap into every load. Save for a few laundry-loving masochists, it’s safe to everyone wants to see the laundry industrial complex get a kick in the pants. But if there’s so much motivation to break the wheel on the laundry cart, why don’t I have a bunch of whirling gadgets and gizmos ready to clean my clothes for me?
Apparently, before we can totally disrupt the laundry process, technology has to address the most basic steps in the process, like folding clothes. “I know for a fact a lot of companies large and small are trying to pursue this holy grail,” says Gal Rozov, founder of FoldiMate, a startup trying to develop a machine that will fold your laundry. “We’re not the only ones trying to come up with a solution to this hated chore in the home.”