Panasonic to develop laundry-folding robot

Panasonic to develop laundry-folding robot

Tetsuro Honma (L), president of Panasonic Corp.'s home appliance division Appliances Co., poses for a photo in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 7, 2015, after announcing the company's plan to develop a laundry-folding robot, dubbed "Laundroid," jointly with Daiwa House Industry Co. and robotics venture business Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc. The black box in the center is a Laundroid prototype. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

CEATEC electronics show

CEATEC electronics show

Shinichi Sakane, president of seven dreamers laboratories inc., holds a T-shirt folded by its Laundroid machine at the CEATEC annual electronics and information technology fair at the Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016. The artificial-intelligence product to be launched in March 2017 will automatically fold laundered items and sort them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Shinichi Sakane, president of seven dreamers laboratories inc., introduces its Laundroid machine at the annual Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, or CEATEC, at Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016. The artificial-intelligence product to be launched in March 2017 will automatically fold laundered items and sort them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Machine to automatically fold laundry introduced

Shinichi Sakane, president of seven dreamers laboratories inc., introduces its Laundroid machine at the annual Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, or CEATEC, at Makuhari Messe convention center near Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2016. The artificial-intelligence product to be launched in March 2017 will automatically fold laundered items and sort them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo