Rizon 4 is an adaptive robot developed by Flexiv, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore and Taiwan.
Instant Response Force Control: Rizon 4 adapts in real-time, providing a gentle and precise ironing experience.
Effortless Deployment with Flexiv Elements: Swiftly deploy and debug with our pre-built Primitive software package.
Versatile Production Capability: Mix and match various seat designs effortlessly, with potential for AI vision upgrades for unique ironing patterns.
Future-Ready AI Vision Upgrade: Stay ahead with AI vision integration for advanced and differentiated ironing applications.
Real-time Quality Assurance: Monitor process data in real-time, ensuring top-notch quality throughout the ironing process.
Russian science fiction author Mikhail Mikheev also encountered some problems on the way to creating a (fictional) ironing robot. In his 1972 short story "Утюг" (pronounced "ootyug") or "Iron", future Russians use natural plant fibers to recreate what their "прабабушки" (great-grandmothers) wore.
But, there was a problem. Unlike future clothing, the vintage clothing wrinkled and somehow needed to be smoothed. How could this be accomplished? Better call "Бытовых Автоматов" - Household Automata to create an ironing robot!
New clothes had to be protected, periodically clean, wash and dry. Build special base washing and cleaning proved unsustainable, and offered to set up production plants portable washing machines. But after washing and drying clothes had to be smooth - free from fine lines and wrinkles ...
Here plant Household Automata and received an urgent task to develop and set up production units of BTR - "бытовые тканевые разглаживатели " (a household fabric smoother).
Senior designer Rodia Semenova submits one design after another; the incredible progress of Russian science causes each to be labeled as insufficiently modern. First, the heating element is replaced by "microgenerators"; then, the microgenerators are discarded in favor of elements of colliding isotopes!
Eventually (*spoiler alert!) it appears that his tough old grandmother had the solution all along - and it was made of cast iron.
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