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Laundry-Folding Robotics Company Attracts $400M From Jeff Bezos and OpenAI

Who likes to fold laundry? Fortunately, these robots do. 🤖🦾 Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based #startup working on household #robots that perform chores, recently raised $400 million in funding. With this backing, the startup aims to push the boundaries of household robotics by developing machines capable of adapting to handle a diverse array of domestic…

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Who likes to fold laundry? Fortunately, these robots do. 🤖🦾 Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based #startup working on household #robots that perform chores, recently raised $400 million in funding.

With this backing, the startup aims to push the boundaries of household robotics by developing machines capable of adapting to handle a diverse array of domestic tasks. #physicalintelligence #robotics #smarthome #hometech

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38 Comments

  1. @m1091Maiai

    November 16, 2024 at 6:01 am

    A second ago I thought I had it under control, and then I turned on this video😘

  2. @Mark-yo5ue

    November 16, 2024 at 6:04 am

    Folds like me. Not a compliment.

    • @oneworld5877

      November 16, 2024 at 6:14 am

      😂 me to🤣 looks homemade

  3. @LV2355

    November 16, 2024 at 6:05 am

    LOOOOOL
    Even I could do better folding then these robots. I did not get 400M. 😁

    • @camronrubin8599

      November 16, 2024 at 6:13 am

      You also have a life you want to live and people you love that you want to spend your time with . and this robot has no emotions

    • @KalsRcAdventures

      November 16, 2024 at 6:35 am

      ​@camronrubin8599 u sound dumb . Stop being lazy and fold your clothes 😂

    • @WanderingExistence

      November 16, 2024 at 8:57 am

      How do you guys not understand capital investment? This failure to understand basic investment for increased productivity is hurting my brain. All of you probably use washer and dryers, but somehow don’t understand the importance of automation for domestic tasks, as well as their implementation in service industries. This could eliminate a hotel’s labor costs for thousands of hours per year of folding.

    • @WanderingExistence

      November 16, 2024 at 9:01 am

      ​@@KalsRcAdventures Do you wash your clothes in a river, ring them out on a clothes press, and then hang them up to dry on the line??? Or are you lazy and put them in a washer and dryer?

    • @camronrubin8599

      November 16, 2024 at 9:22 am

      @WanderingExistence  average American has a double digit IQ and it gets lower every year. They need people like us to do the thinking for them. When you have a robot doing your chores and paying your bills they will listen.

  4. @camronrubin8599

    November 16, 2024 at 6:12 am

    I HATE FOLDING

  5. @angelicaguzik1531

    November 16, 2024 at 6:15 am

    It folds like crap

  6. @R0DSTER

    November 16, 2024 at 6:32 am

    that is literally the worst video demo i’ve ever seen from a company that has secured any inverstor funding at all, let alone 400m 💀 instead, this looks like the type of video that some random unknown hobbyist will upload on youtube as a laugh

    • @Vlican

      November 16, 2024 at 1:51 pm

      Yeap. Seems quite easy to secure venture capital.

  7. @WanderingExistence

    November 16, 2024 at 7:31 am

    People are criticizing this like it isn’t an amazing feat for robots to be able to pull out clothes and actually fold them. Do they realize that funding will go into capital investments to make it a better folder? Do they understand how much of a value this type of machine can unlock when the development team has resources to perfect it?

    • @dianevanweelie5233

      November 16, 2024 at 7:46 am

      They don’t understand the word- potential.

  8. @janitahalle4812

    November 16, 2024 at 7:45 am

    Waste of money

  9. @janitahalle4812

    November 16, 2024 at 7:47 am

    The laundry mat would charge way more for the service more including washing and dry

    • @WanderingExistence

      November 16, 2024 at 8:25 am

      Are you literally a Luddite?

  10. @rachmadsuhartono

    November 16, 2024 at 8:23 am

    So messy

  11. @Aragorn7884

    November 16, 2024 at 8:26 am

    LOLZ it doesn’t even do a good job!

  12. @Aragorn7884

    November 16, 2024 at 8:26 am

    …a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist…

    • @WanderingExistence

      November 16, 2024 at 8:51 am

      Do you do all your laundry by hand on the river banks? Are you saying automation has never helped with the laundry problem? 😅😅 People really do take technology for granted.

    • @Iheart2U

      November 16, 2024 at 10:08 am

      Speaking like someone who has his clothes folded for them.

    • @Vlican

      November 16, 2024 at 1:51 pm

      When you move out of your mom’s basement, you’ll see how useful a robot like this could be.

  13. @bossadave

    November 16, 2024 at 8:38 am

    A 5yr old could do better. Bezos you were robbed!

  14. @4djbubu

    November 16, 2024 at 8:45 am

    What a waste of carbon and electricity.

    • @WanderingExistence

      November 16, 2024 at 8:59 am

      So I presume that you wash your clothes in a river because it’s more energy efficient that way? Or do you use some sort of labor-saving device that utilizes electricity?

  15. @jasoncrawford2664

    November 16, 2024 at 8:50 am

    A automatic Landry system. It even folds the shirts correctly

  16. @alexchia7987

    November 16, 2024 at 9:27 am

    I’m pretty sure there is another pair of human hands behind this

    • @R50_J0

      November 16, 2024 at 11:58 am

      Good eye. Yes, there is a very practiced human operator fully controlling the arms. There were a few object manipulation actions that even the best current AI can’t YET perform.

  17. @zero11010

    November 16, 2024 at 9:56 am

    Folks complaining about this robot are hilarious. Feel free to look at what the first airplane managed to do. Or, the first car.

  18. @juicepops7819

    November 16, 2024 at 10:12 am

    That flip at the end💀

  19. @imprezzs1864

    November 16, 2024 at 10:30 am

    Folds clothes and scrathes everything else.😂😂😂😂

  20. @drewjackson584

    November 16, 2024 at 10:31 am

    Why does this thing fold like it already hates mankind😅

  21. @Mr.Coffee20255

    November 16, 2024 at 2:28 pm

    Program the bot to go to work for me and i get the credit😅

  22. @mutestingray

    November 16, 2024 at 2:50 pm

    I like how the use case for this clumsy robot is so you can sit and doomscroll on your phone.

  23. @ThomasConover

    November 16, 2024 at 4:13 pm

    😂😂😂 I can find crack heads in the street with better motor skills than this.

  24. @scottmitchell3106

    November 17, 2024 at 9:31 am

    Looks like it does a so-so job. My girlfriend does a better job with my clothes. (She’s fantastic. She even does other stuff too.)

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