The Japanese are very specific about their loos, and thus it is no surprise to stumble upon the Lady Bird autonomous robot which is placed along Western Japan’s highway rest stops since November last year to help maintain overall restroom cleanliness. Heck, it is even programmed to engaged in a little human-robot interaction as well.

In addition to cleaning, Lady Bird can engage

in simple conversation with restroom users, thanks to microphones in its “antennae,” speech recognition capabilities and a voice synthesizer. The robot has access to the latest data about traffic conditions on nearby roads, which it can relay to anyone comfortable adequate to ask.

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Orginal post by Rich Brown