Sockification

Ever heard of a robot that does different tasks? Well… that’s old news now, but some scientists were able to teach a robot to pair clean socks together.

The robot when given two socks, examines them and classifies them as ‘inside’ or ‘outside’ and after doing that, flips the sock to make it right, and then pairs them together.

The PR robot – Willow Garage – was taught this trick by a “Sockification” team who won $5000 for this feat.