Robotic laundry devices and methods of use

A robotic system for repositioning a deformable laundry article for folding, comprising:

• a movable platform disposed at a bottom of a work volume, the movable platform being configured to transit outside the work volume;
• at least three lifters disposed about a perimeter of the work volume, each one of the at least three lifters being configured to
• move within the work volume for releasably engaging the deformable laundry article, and
• operate at least one of independently of and in tandem with another of the at least three lifters to suspend the deformable laundry article above the movable platform,
• two or more sensors disposed at two or more fixed locations about the work volume, each of the two or more sensors configured to detect the deformable laundry article disposed within the work volume;
• a memory comprising a neural network;
• and
• a controller in operative communication with the memory, the two or more sensors, and the at least three lifters, the controller configured to:
• receive one or more output signals from one or more of the two or more sensors,
• determine, based processing on the received one or more output signals with the neural network, whether the deformable laundry article suspended by the one and the another of the at least three lifters is repositioned, and
• instruct, based on a determination of the deformable laundry article being repositioned, the one and the another of the at least three lifters to lower the repositioned deformable laundry article onto the movable platform.