Astonishing Companies in Robotics 2019
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ASTONISHING<br />
COMPANIES IN<br />
ROBOTICS<br />
<strong>2019</strong><br />
One of his responsibilities is fill<strong>in</strong>g and empty<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
dishwasher. It was this particular chore that caused him<br />
to th<strong>in</strong>k of an appliance that could fold the laundry. His<br />
wife didn’t approve of his laundry fold<strong>in</strong>g standards, but<br />
perhaps if there was a mach<strong>in</strong>e that could do the difficult<br />
part of the fold<strong>in</strong>g he could help with this tiresome and<br />
hefty chore too. If he could only feed the items <strong>in</strong>to a<br />
folder and it would do the difficult part - the fold<strong>in</strong>g, just<br />
as the dishwasher does the clean<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Gal’s aim to help with additional household chores was<br />
the orig<strong>in</strong>al <strong>in</strong>spiration to develop a laundry folder, and<br />
only a robotics device could possibly cope with fold<strong>in</strong>g<br />
laundry. Until recently it would have been too expensive<br />
to attempt to develop such a product, but with recent<br />
robotic advancements, such as process<strong>in</strong>g costs, supply<br />
cha<strong>in</strong>s, assembly, communications and software updates,<br />
it is now possible to build such a robot at a sufficiently<br />
low cost that would make it affordable for consumers<br />
and bus<strong>in</strong>esses.<br />
Benefits for FoldiMate Users<br />
There are a few huge benefits to us<strong>in</strong>g the FoldiMate.<br />
Firstly, it saves time. Recently, dur<strong>in</strong>g early pilots <strong>in</strong> the<br />
USA, the FoldiMate team ran competitions between<br />
FoldiMate and manual fold<strong>in</strong>g and they saw, time and<br />
time aga<strong>in</strong>, that FoldiMate can fold at least twice as fast<br />
as fold<strong>in</strong>g manually. Secondly, now everyone can fold<br />
the laundry. Your kids will even fight over us<strong>in</strong>g it as it is<br />
really simple to use and they discovered, dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
pilots, that the kids f<strong>in</strong>d it pretty cool too and actually<br />
enjoyed fold<strong>in</strong>g. FoldiMate will make sure that your<br />
closets are organized with neatly folded piles.<br />
Gal Rozov<br />
Founder & CEO<br />
The Future-Ready Consumer-Oriented Approach<br />
“It is a very challeng<strong>in</strong>g task for a robot to fold our<br />
laundry. Develop<strong>in</strong>g a technology that can handle the<br />
wide variety of items <strong>in</strong> our closet takes time to mature<br />
and f<strong>in</strong>alize. The FoldiMate can’t be compared to a<br />
standard household appliance and even a robotic<br />
vacuum cleaner for that matter. We have f<strong>in</strong>ally achieved<br />
this major milestone and are now mak<strong>in</strong>g sure our fans<br />
love it as much as we do. All of these steps take time and<br />
we still have the long and costly manufactur<strong>in</strong>g process<br />
ahead of us,” describes Gal about their future-ready<br />
products and achievements.<br />
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