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by jfengel 30 days ago
They do show it folding shirts, which I'd think are harder than blankets.

Is your doubt caused by blankets being bigger than shirts?

(I didn't see it folding a button-up shirt, only tee-shirts. That's an extra degree of difficult and I do doubt that it can do that.)
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giarc 30 days ago
I think blankets are harder simply because of their size. I often have to "whip" the blanket to get the other end to properly fold on itself. I also use a much large space because of the size (often the floor). Could a robot fold a big blanket? Probably? But what is the success rate going to be? If I just have to refold it 50% of the time, is that actually worth it?
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YeGoblynQueenne 30 days ago
Yeah, again the WYSIWYG model of AI: if you see a robot folding a shirt, that robot can fold that shirt. Maybe it can fold another that's very similar, maybe only different in colour, but don't bet your money on it.

A robot folds a shirt and you think it can fold a tee? Not unless it's explicitly trained to fold that one tee, too.

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