Planning Strategy for Task of Unfolding Clothes

Abstract

Abstract Research on saving labor of household work and automation for housekeeping robots has gained importance due to the growing population and fast advancement in electronics. Improvements are made in such a way that a robot can deal with a variety of “nonsolid” household objects. We have studied the technology by which a robot handles nonsolid objects, for example, putting clothes in order at a specified site. Concrete subtasks involve removing a cloth from the washing machine, spreading out, classifying, folding, and putting it in a specified place. This paper proposes an “unfolding” planning strategy.