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You know what I want?

(well, one thing of many)

A robot that can pull up and down sheets or blankets while I'm lying in bed.

Because dammit, I'm tired of having to spend the entire night in the same state-of-ensheetment. If I start a summer night with the sheet off, I end up too cold around 5am. So I have to have the sheet on all the time, because I can't change it myself and I don't like bothering other people for mild whims. Same thing in winter re having the blanket up, which sometimes leads to ridiculousness like having to turn the fan on because I'm too hot with the blanket up at the beginning of the night.

(and I do at least have a fan, under my control via remote, except that it is too ... I don't know, stimulating? I am very aware of the feel of it, and it is too cold sometimes to be useful, even though it's not an air conditioner)

Crossposts: http://isabeau.livejournal.com/1373009.html

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azurelunatic

For whatever reason I've got a mental image of a perhaps-motorized pulley system and sheets with grommets into which can be hooked the pulley clasps, now.

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pauamma

With a voice-controlled RC blimp or copter, maybe?

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synecdochic

Hm. Raspberry Pi and some servos?

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dreamatdrew

I immediately had a similar idea, but with industrial-strength closepins instead of grommets.

Edited (Drew can spell, really!) Date: 2013-08-04 02:23 am (UTC)

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ide_cyan

I wish Grant Imahara would build you one.

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patchwork_owl

Could you teach Yahtzee to do it? I know my dog is a grand master of cover-removal (though in her case it's rude rather than helpful...)

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ysobel

Tried that. Because of the way I lie (on my back with knees up and bent, with a stack of three pillows under my knees) and the height of the bed (where my aides can adjust pillows etc without leaning over too much), Yahtzee doesn't have the right angle or leverage. He can get blankets *off* no problem, but getting them back on is a problem, and I have more problems sleeping too cold than too hot, so daren't risk being in a situation where I don't have blanket when I need it.