Comment by tzs

Separating whites from coloreds [1] should be achievable now. There's a robot that can take a pair of socks and determine if one is inside out and if so invert it. That involves more subtle distinction of colors than merely separating whites from coloreds should.

Here's a video of the robot in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUaVzf3Oqw

It's a little bit NSFW.