Humanoid Robot Steam-Ironing Dress Shirts & Closet Hanging Benchmark
Steam-ironing button-down shirts requires bimanual tensioning of fabric seams with one hand while gliding a hot steam iron along collars and cuffs with the other. Using thermal vision feedback and 20-DOF tendon hands, 1X NEO Beta positions shirts flat on an ironing board, regulates steam bursts without scorching delicate weaves, and hangs finished garments on closet rods.
High-payload industrial robots without thermal fingertip feedback (Booster T1, All-Electric Atlas) cannot regulate iron pressure and will scorch garments.
Qualified Humanoid Robots for Steam-Ironing & Garments
1X NEO Beta (1X Technologies)
Verified 92% success rate pressing button-down shirts and smoothing collar creases with 20-DOF tendon hands (saves 2.5 hrs/wk).
Sanctuary AI Phoenix (Sanctuary AI)
Industry leader in bimanual retail garment folding and hanger placement. Year 1 OTA horizon coverage reaches 66%.
Optimus Gen 2.5 (Tesla Motors)
Recognizes shirts, trousers, and socks, folding items smoothly on tables. Year 1 OTA horizon coverage reaches 70%.
Fourier GR-2 (Fourier Intelligence)
24-DOF hands fold bedsheets, gowns, and clothing precisely. Year 1 OTA horizon coverage reaches 64%.
Unitree G1 Humanoid (Unitree Robotics)
Performs basic flat folds on towels and bedsheets with three-finger effectors. Year 1 OTA horizon coverage reaches 58%.
Figure 02 (Figure AI)
Commercial towel and industrial uniform folding. Year 1 OTA horizon coverage reaches 68%.
Disqualified or Not Recommended for Steam-Ironing & Garments (2 Units)
Industrial grippers are incompatible with garment ironing.
VIEW INDUSTRIAL SPECS →Industrial grippers are incompatible with garment ironing.
VIEW INDUSTRIAL SPECS →Home & Facility Readiness Checklist for Steam-Ironing & Garments
- 01Use a wide-stance 120 cm x 45 cm stability ironing board adjusted to 88 cm height with a cordless auto-shutoff steam iron.
- 02Leave at least 10 cm of spacing between wooden or velvet hangers on the closet rod for reliable robotic hook placement.
Verified Daily OTA Skill Benchmarks
Using thermal vision feedback and 20-DOF tendon hands, 1X NEO positions button-down shirts flat on an ironing board, regulates steam bursts, and hangs finished garments on closet rods without scorching delicate fabrics.
Pulls damp laundry from front-load washers, shakes out wrinkles before drying, and folds bath towels and t-shirts into uniform stacks on laundry tables.
Autonomous threading of clothes hangers into freshly laundered garments.
Autonomous bed making using sub-15N tension control to fit sheets and insert duvets.
11-DOF tactile hands extract garments from unsorted baskets, execute trifold table folds with slip recovery, and stack linen in cupboards.