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Robotic clothes folding at production pace.
MindOn's Mind-1 model folds clothes on a dual-arm robot, fully autonomously: 142 items per hour in continuous operation, about 25 seconds per item.
- 142
- items / hourContinuous folding
- 25
- seconds / itemFolding time
- 1.0× speed,
fully autonomous - No speed-up, no teleoperation
- One-hour
continuous run - Demonstrated without interruption
Why it is hard
Fabric never arrives the same way twice.
Garments are deformable: every item reaches the table in a different shape, size and orientation. That variation is why folding has stayed a manual job where fixed automation does not fit.
Mind-1 handles it with one model that unifies perception, task understanding and control of both arms. It learns from human data — how people actually handle fabric — which gives natural, efficient motion, and is then validated on the selected robot.
What makes it usable in a laundry is pace. Mind-1 is built to bring robot task execution to human-level cycle times, measured end to end on the whole task rather than on isolated motions. Read about Mind-1 →
Sustained operation
An hour of folding, uninterrupted.
A production task is judged over a shift, not over one item. This run shows continuous folding across one hour.
Tasks in a laundry
Where a robot can take over a handoff.
Folding is demonstrated today. Other handling steps are candidate tasks: feasibility and robot choice are assessed for each site.
- Folding clothesDemonstrated
142 items per hour, continuous and fully autonomous.
- Folding towels and flat linenAssessed per site
Repeated folding of items that vary in size and presentation.
- Feeding items into finishing equipmentAssessed per site
Picking, positioning and handing an item to the next machine.
- Sorting linen by typeAssessed per site
Separating mixed items before or after processing.
- Linen transport between process stepsAssessed per site
Moving material between stations with a mobile robot.
In your plant
Measured in your workflow.
Acceptance criteria are agreed before a pilot starts.
Pace
Cycle time and output, measured under a defined item mix and workload.
Quality
Task success and errors: failures, damage and rework are recorded.
Coverage
Sustained operation: run time, stops and human intervention are tracked.
Questions
Laundry automation with MindOn
How fast does MindOn's robot fold clothes?
In continuous operation the robot folds 142 items per hour, about 25 seconds per item. The demonstration runs at 1.0× speed and is fully autonomous.
Is the robot teleoperated?
No. The folding demonstrations are fully autonomous and shown at real-time speed. The model behind them, Mind-1, learns from human data rather than from robot teleoperation.
Which robot does it run on?
The folding demonstration runs on a fixed dual-arm robot. Mind-1 is platform-agnostic: the same model runs on dual-arm robots and humanoids, and MindOn selects the robot platform that suits each task.
Can it handle the tasks in my laundry?
That is assessed per site. MindOn starts with a feasibility study on one task, then develops and validates the robot skills in a proof of concept, with acceptance criteria for pace, quality and coverage agreed before the pilot.
Where is MindOn based?
MindOn is headquartered in Singapore and has a team in Munich, Germany. Contact: contact@mindon.tech.
Could this fit your workflow?
Tell us about the task. We will come back with what a first feasibility assessment could look like.