Cute elephant urinal cleaning robot

From heart yen: "Today I spotted this elephantine urinal cleaning robot that was demonstrated at the Kobe International Airport. Don’t you think the little yellow hat on top of this “labor-saving” 100kg (220lb) robot is precious?" Link

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doplgangr

max rebo has fallen on hard times.
JIMWICh

If bOING bOING were a game of darts, this post would constitute a hit within a Planck Length of the exact center.

De. Light. Ful!!!!
Stefan Jones

#5: After the Morlocks who lived under Teletubby Land boiled out of their lairs to feast on their overworld oppressors, Noonoo made his way to London and ekes out a living as a highly specialized sex worker.

Hey. You asked.
Moon

BABAR has really degenerated. One day a king, the next cleaning urinals.
KidDork

Does it poop urinal cakes? Because it really should.
typetive

Who knew there were elephant urinals.

But it stands to reason that they’d need to be cleaned.
ggm

if banksy can be persuaded to paint it up in traditional wallpaper colours, we can then get PETA to demand the release of the abused urinal elephant.
mediatinker

Does anyone else see what I see when you turn the elephant upside down?
w000t

Wouldn’t it save a step if they made a robot we could pee into?
License Farm

Whatever has become of The Noonoo?
doplgangr

that was probably the only way they could get that little girl to take that job.
Moon

It’s a sick person who see penises in everything, MEDIATINKER.

:)
ReidFleming

I hope this catches on. That way the women won’t have to get right up near the urinal while they’re cleaning it. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to having a Japanese woman wiping down the one right next to me while I’m peeing. I lived in Japan for a few years and I still travel there fairly often and it continues to weird me out. It doesn’t seem right to have a woman just inches from my man-bits during that private time but it is very common.
Taro 3Yen.com

Greetings to all you aliens from Boing2!
I’m Taro 3Yen.comZo-chan–elephantine urinal robot and I’m always glad to amuse you all with the True robot nature of Japan.
George Curious

Where’s the picture of the robot that cleans/empties the pee from the elepant robot? Is it shaped like a little monkey with a mop?
joey

That’s no elephant
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