Imagine never having to fold laundry again. No more Sunday afternoons spent meticulously tackling this tedious task. Sounds pretty sweet, doesn't it? Well, let me introduce you to Eve, the cool new ...

Seven years ago, Pieter Abbeel set out on a quest: to teach a robot how to fold laundry. This proved to be a remarkably difficult task — and the difficulty of the task illuminates some key things ...