Two young inventors have created a US$925 robotic ironing machine to shorten the work of ironing crumpled* shirts, blouses, trousers and even underwear.

The device, named “Effie,” can dry and iron 12 pieces of clothing within three minutes and has an app to alert you when your clothes are done.

The device even has a scented ball compartment to add a smell of your choice to laundry.

Effie has been designed by engineers Rohan Kamdar and Trevor Kerth, both 27.

Built in Kamdar’s family home in London, the duo have made a fully working prototype*, with a full version expected in spring 2018.

To iron a shirt, you first hang it up the machine’s cabinet on adjustable hangers. The doors close, and then an internal steam iron presses the shirt, taking out any creases*. Underwear can be hung in a bag inside to be dried.

Both Kamdar, who studied engineering at Cambridge University, and Kerth, whose engineering degree was from the University of California at San Diego, have a background in designing and developing medical devices.

The pair created the machine out of 141 parts.

They used 3-D printers, acrylic* laser cutting and plastic moulding machines to design it, and have already applied for a patent*.

(SD-Agencies)