Why Robot Arms Still Can't Fold a Towel

Lucas and Luna dive into the surprisingly difficult problem of robotic fabric manipulation. Why can robots assemble a car engine but fail to fold a simple bath towel? The hosts break down the physics of deformable objects, the limitations of current computer vision when faced with a continuously changing shape, and the state of research in 2026. They discuss why the $12 billion laundry automation industry is still waiting for its breakthrough, and what a new MIT paper on differentiable cloth simulation might mean for the future. #Robotics #RobotArms #FabricManipulation #DeformableObjects #ComputerVision #MIT #ClothSimulation #LaundryAutomation #Hardware #Technology #RoboticsPodcast #AutonomousSystems #IndustrialRobots #LucasAndLuna #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Podcast #Episode57 Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo