[throwaway173738]

I would settle for a box in which I can dump sorted laundry and out of which falls folded laundry.

[kombookcha]

The second somebody manages this, I will rush out and throw my credit card at their store so hard it embeds itself in the counter like a ninja star.

[Zigurd]

This is the much more likely future of home robotics. Yes it will be a box, because it would be dangerous to let you stick your fingers inside that mechanism. It won't walk around.