(50X) Autonomously folding a pile of 5 previously-unseen towels

Project was led by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Jeremy Maitin-Shepard working with Professor Pieter Abbeel. The video is shown at 50X speed. More details can be found in the paper at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Epabbeel...

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[careful34]

The first automobile was slower than a horse. The first airplane flight wasn't very impressive. Neither was the first transistor, or computer. Give it a little time, and see where it goes.

[503clr]

What is this thing? What is it? What is it? What? What the fuck am I looking at?  Wha- OHHHH, IT'S A TOWEL

[mossomatt]

I bet it can't fold a green towel!

[Robby Leuer]

now if it can only make a sandwich..

[17mini0508]

human spread a towel from one corner like this.

next of roomba, robot arm will be attached with cloth dryer?

[luismanson]

They call it "the judgement day" :P

[Fernando Salazar]

He needs to be energy independent and not plug, he is the type of robot that can have a rally big battery on his body, they can make a bigger battery the best on the market and have it inside him for back up, also he can last very long and do great awesome jobs, he would be perfect for line build up on creating and fabricating more robots that are as good or even better than him, it will be nice and I like and I want them to make more of this and better than this model.

[Fernando Salazar]

I LIKE THIS ROBOT!! REALLY!! AWESOME!! there are many details about this robot that can be improve greatly, first the robot has only two cameras, it would be nice and better if they can add the robot another two cameras that are different one in each side, that way he has more vision and also more space to see the towels, he can be good also accommodating clothes for the luggage and well place.

[CoreyBlaine]

I didn't know they made female robots.

[CyFiSolutions]

Is it cheaper to run than my girlfriend?