The Assistant Robot cleans almost all that you soil

Sure, it looks like a friendly robot strapped to a mobile toilet, but this robo-maid developed by Tokyo University's Information and Robot Technology (IRT) center won't be assisting with the after birth of your Turducken food baby. Assistant Robot is domestic enough to do the laundry, sweep, and clean up the kitchen... but there are limits to what its 3D sensors will respond to. Its creators claim that it can recognize when there's more laundry to do and won't be distracted from completing its task by the roar of the crowd from the television. That gives men about 10 - 20 years to get their act together before this robot could conceivably go production. Hot domestic cleaning action in the video posted after the break.

[Ayman @ Oct 29th 2008 5:02AM]

I DID NOT MURDER HIM ....

[Ayman @ Oct 29th 2008 5:04AM]

Hmm... Washing machine next to TV...how japanese?
and you would have $$$$ dollar robot that uses a Mop?

[rony @ Oct 29th 2008 5:09AM]

no more toilet breaks while while watching porn..... I'll just relieve myself in her box.

[miko34 @ Oct 29th 2008 5:09AM]

So that's what Nintendo's old R.O.B. robot grew up as.... Good for him...

[miko34 @ Oct 29th 2008 5:11AM]

... but can it play Gyromite?

[allislost @ Oct 29th 2008 5:29AM]

There are one too many comments by guys with square glasses and thick eyebrows...

[quasimoto @ Oct 29th 2008 5:53AM]

Cool, need to throw a dress on this robot and i just might get this to replace my wife..

[winterfreez @ Oct 29th 2008 11:55AM]

Be careful what ou wish for. What Engadget isn't telling us is that the next model includes incessant nagging and a feature that makes it pick up random objects and asks "Does this belong here?" in a condescending tone... And for the love of all things good, if you do happen to use the robo-toilet be sure to put the seat back down or it will do bad things with your toothbrush!

[Bad Beaver @ Oct 29th 2008 6:03AM]

At that kind of speed I might as well have a toked up friend doing it. Same disbelieving stare while trying to grab objects, more flexibility in less controlled environments, cheaper to boot.

[KilgoreTrout @ Oct 29th 2008 6:39AM]

Not bad, not bad at all, now it just needs some work on its looks: like substitute the box with a nice sculpted butt and the rightly proportioned breasts and just make its appearence a bit more attractive and sexy.
Any company that will have such a product on its catalogue is going to conquer the world.

[John @ Oct 29th 2008 7:02AM]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAULIE!

[absinthe party @ Oct 29th 2008 7:28AM]

If you just look at the picture and are too lazy to watch the video, like myself, that sadistic robot is heading towards the washing machine with a puppy in its hands.

[Armelo @ Oct 29th 2008 7:41AM]

Thats the first time i saw the words mobile toilet, robo-maid and turducken in the same sentence; must be Thanksgiving at Engadget

[Galley @ Oct 29th 2008 12:16PM]

"Turducken food baby" LOL!

[Chris Are @ Oct 29th 2008 1:30PM]

Whatcha gonna do with all that junk, all that junk up in your trunk.

[ugg.tryptophan @ Oct 29th 2008 9:03PM]

Imma pick pick it up, pick it up, pick it up