I had a dream last night (stay with me here). Due to meds they are always odd and very detailed.
The tumbledrier in the garage had a robot with it which had the role of telling us how long was left on the cycle. It was a bit like the grumpy robot on hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, but smaller. And female. It wasn't scary as such. It just wandered around near the tumbledrier, announcing how long was left. So really the display part of the machine was separate to the tumbledrier.
In the dream I went into the garage to look for something and noticed the robot was bumbling about near the open door and trying to get out, I told it "stay near your machine please" in a bored way then closed the garage door as I left to keep it in. It seemed sad. It was definitely semi conscious.
Take home message‐ my brain is a weird place. Also, robots will take over the world.