Humanoid Robot Learns How to Fold Laundry
13th August 2025
We’ve expanded our coverage of humanoid robots and robot dogs for very good reason: “iPhone moment” for these AI-powered machines is just a few years away. These bots are expected to enter homes by the end of the decade, if not the early 2030s. We even got our hands on a Chinese Unitree robodog to test its capabilities, and yes, there’s even a Picatinny rail for a flamethrower attachment.
Robot companies, such as Figure AI, have been training humanoid robots for factory applications, as well as the home…
“Today we unveiled the first humanoid robot that can fold laundry autonomously,” Figure AI wrote on X earlier today.
I’d buy one–if it actually works. Towels are easy. How does it do with underwear, T-shirts, and dress shirts? Or pants?