KC cleaner seeks pledges for R&D study
towards industry automation
David Porter, a North Kansas City, MO,
cleaner who has been working on ideas to improve industry
productivity and reduce costs to consumers, is seeking pledges
for a fund that would be used to study the feasibility of
automating all or parts of the clothes cleaning process.
Porter believes that automation is the key
to industry growth. His investigations have led him to the
Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute which
suggested that a study of the feasibility of automation for the
industry could be undertaken for $100,000.
Porter is not asking for the actual funds
right now. Instead, he wants industry members to make pledges
to contribute to such a fund and, if the total of pledges
reaches $100,000, the funds would be collected and a study
would commence.
The study could determine where research
and development efforts should be directed and how much it
would cost to being “significant automation” to the
industry. The finished study would be publicized and further
funds would be raised to pursue the R&D. That could lead to
engineering and manufacturing of equipment needed for
automation and revitalization of the industry.
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