Laundry washing machine with automatic detergent dispensing and/or rinse operation type selection

A laundry washing machine, comprising:

• a wash tub disposed within a housing;
• a detergent dispenser configured to dispense detergent for washing a load disposed in the wash tub;
• a weight sensor operatively coupled to the wash tub to sense a weight associated with the wash tub;
• a fluid level sensor configured to sense a fluid level in the wash tub;
• a fluid property sensor configured to sense turbidity and/or conductivity of fluid from the wash tub;
• and
• a controller coupled to the detergent dispenser and the weight, fluid level, and fluid property sensors, the controller configured to dynamically select a load type from among a plurality of load types based at least upon weight and fluid level values sensed respectively by the weight and fluid level sensors, and to control a wash cycle at least based upon the selected load type and a fluid property value sensed by the fluid property sensor, wherein the controller is configured to control the wash cycle at least by controlling an amount of detergent dispensed by the detergent dispenser based at least in part upon the fluid property value.