Laundry robot company folds... due to bankruptcy

RE: Laundry robot company folds... due to bankruptcy

dubbie — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:02:17 GMT

It would also have to iron shirts to be any good in my house.

Dubbie

RE: Laundry robot company folds... due to bankruptcy

Gough Lui — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 01:29:46 GMT

It's a great idea, but it seems often the case that cost and complexity of hardware development is underestimated, let alone any device development as a whole. I guess they did deliver on the promise of folding ...

- Gough

RE: Laundry robot company folds... due to bankruptcy

mp2100 — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 23:12:29 GMT

Ohhh, that pun makes me groan. . . .

Watching the minute-and-a-half video, it seems obvious this was a stretch to make it work. It recognized clothing items and can process them, and it can offer fashion advice?!? That's some intelligent AI. Even Amazon only tackled the second half of that. https://www.cnet.com/reviews/amazon-echo-look-review/

RE: Laundry robot company folds... due to bankruptcy

jomoenginer — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:02:39 GMT

Another Bot Down.

I guess it didn't Spark Joy.

RE: Laundry robot company folds... due to bankruptcy

14rhb — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:51:30 GMT

That's a shame - maybe the patents and technology will get picked up and further exploited in the future.

Rod