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Laundry-phobics' dreams crushed as Tokyo-based developer of Laundroid robot files for bankruptcy

Business / Corporate Apr 24, 2019

Laundry-phobics' dreams crushed as Tokyo-based developer of Laundroid robot files for bankruptcy

by Kazuaki Nagata

When Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc. unveiled its prototype laundry-folding robot in 2015, it generated a buzz, with people saying they couldn't wait to buy one if it ever went to market. But the AI-based tidying device dubbed Laundroid is apparently coming to an end before ...

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