WORLD IN MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO. LAUNDROMAT IS NOW THE FIRST IN NORTH AMERICA TO USE AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ROBOT. THE OWNERS SAY THAT IT FOLDS CLOTHES, AND IT MAKES THE WORKLOAD A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER.

Imagine never having to fold laundry again. No more Sunday afternoons spent meticulously tackling this tedious task. Sounds pretty sweet, doesn't it? Well, let me introduce you to Eve, the cool new ...

A robot that folds your laundry is the kind of idea that sells itself. Just ask Syncere, a five-person startup that secured more than 1,000 preorders for its Lume robot with nothing but a simulated ...

Robots still struggle with the unpredictable ways that fabric crumples and creases. But newer approaches offer the hope of better robotic household help. peepo/Getty Images More than 60 years ago, ...