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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 />

|April <strong>2019</strong>| 37

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