US Patent Issued on Sept. 22 for "Robotic laundry devices and methods of use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,385, issued on Sept. 22.

"Robotic laundry devices and methods of use" was invented by Benjamin D. Bixby (Newton Highlands, Mass.), Samuel Duffley (Somerville, Mass.), Elliot Sinclair Pennington (Lexington, Mass.), Jesse Sielaff (Norfolk, Mass.), Wilson J. Mefford (Watertown, Mass.) and Madeline R. Hickman (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for spreading out and folding a suspended laundry article are described. A robotic system for spreading out and folding a laundry article includes at least three lifters disposed about a perimeter of a surface, two or more sensors disposed at fixed locations about...