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RockitRon



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:29 am    Post subject: Some things are not as easy as you think Reply with quote
... for a robot.

US scientists have developed a robot which can fold and stack towels

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8607538.stm?ls

... but it takes 25 minutes!... and they're very small towels.

At that rate of progress how long will it take them to develop one that can do the ironing?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:41 pm    Post subject: Some things are not as easy as you think Reply with quote
I know Red Dwarf is only fiction, but I remembered a scene where Kryten was doing the ironing!
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