Effie Clothes Robot

Here’s a gadget that never made it - Effie the drying and ironing robot.

Effie was a domestic ironing machine designed to automate the chore of ironing clothes. 
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Effie was designed to take damp clothes directly from the washing machine and dry and iron them automatically.
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• It could handle up to 12 items of clothing at once.
• It was designed to handle various fabric types, including cotton, silk, viscose, polyester, and denim.
• Effie used a pressing system and steam to remove wrinkles and dry clothes.
• It came with special adjustable hangers to accommodate different sizes and types of clothing, from shirts and trousers to bedding.
• Users simply had to hang their clothes on the provided hangers, load them into the machine, and press start.
• It could be controlled via a smartphone app, allowing users to start and stop the machine remotely and receive notifications when the process was complete.

…and Effie had wheels, making it easy to move and store when not in use.

Rumor has it, the Effie design concept was on-sold to a large appliance manufacturer and with the latest advancements in AI, I think we will see it reappear in the near future.

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Image Source: helloeffie.com