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NEW!!!Laundry Quandry!Just in from BEST - our mission this year is to hang laundry! Here's a little background info: After recent successful missions dealing with medical sciences and satellite repair, BEST Robotics, Inc (BRI) is returning to earth to launch a new Domestic Division (D2). The D2 is in a prime market position to take advantage of the recent growth in home automation technology. The competitive nature of the fast growing automation market requires the D2 to be extremely responsive and turn out its first product in only six weeks. Several potential automation products were studied including new products for the existing robot vacuum and robot lawn mower markets. After countless late-night brainstorming sessions and a careful review of potential market penetration, it was determined that a domestic laundry-handling robot would be readily accepted in households around the world. The initial product offering is intended to simplify laundry handling, while saving energy and providing a fresh outdoor scent to the fabric. The robot to be developed must be able to transport, hang, and retrieve laundry to allow drying on an outdoor clothesline. Shipping and storage requirements dictate that the robot must be within certain size and weight constraints. Consumers dislike having to put together purchased items; therefore, the robot must have require no assembly by the end-user and be ready to use as delivered. Because of business partnerships with existing suppliers, the materials that can be used to construct the robot are severely limited. The time, material, and performance requirements have left the BRI D2 product development team short-handed on the resources needed to complete the project, so BRI needs external robot development teams to help solve the Laundry Quandary. |