Autonomously dry-cleaning a garment within a kiosk

A method for autonomously processing a garment within a kiosk comprising:

• accessing a set of garment characteristics of the garment, the set of garment characteristics comprising a fabric type, a garment type, and a garment dimension;
• selecting a target processing humidity associated with the fabric type;
• selecting a target processing temperature exceeding a transition temperature associated with the fabric type;
• based on the fabric type, selecting a target drying temperature;
• based on the fabric type, selecting a target setting temperature below the target drying temperature and the transition temperature;
• and
• during a processing cycle:
• during a first time period:
• heating air within a chamber toward the target processing temperature;
• and
• injecting steam into the chamber to:
• drive a humidity within the chamber toward the target processing humidity;
• and
• heat local areas of the garment above the transition temperature associated with the fabric type of the garment;
• during a second time period succeeding the first time period, actuating a hot dryer to propel hot air toward the garment to drive a chamber temperature toward the target drying temperature;
• and
• during a third time period succeeding the second time period, actuating a cold dryer to propel cold air toward the garment to drive the chamber temperature toward the target setting temperature.

A method for autonomously processing a garment within a kiosk comprising:

• accessing a set of garment characteristics of the garment arranged within a chamber of the kiosk, the set of garment characteristics comprising a fabric type, a garment type, and a garment dimension;
• based on the set of garment characteristics:
• selecting a target processing humidity;
• and
• selecting a target processing temperature;
• based on the set of garment characteristics, selecting a set of steam-processing parameters comprising:
• a target steam temperature;
• and
• a target steaming duration;
• during a processing cycle:
• during a first time period:
• heating air within the chamber toward the target processing temperature;
• and
• injecting steam into the chamber to drive a humidity within the chamber toward the target processing humidity;
• and
• during a second time period succeeding the first time period:
• heating steam in a steam generator toward the target steam temperature;
• triggering a steam nozzle to expel steam over the target steaming duration to:
• impinge a steam jet across an interior surface of the garment;
• and
• tension local areas of the garment against the steam jet.