The Japanese like to have their bathrooms spotless, so it is no surprise to find out they use a Lady Bird autonomous robot to clean highway rest stops. It also supposedly engages in a little human-robot interaction.

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 information about traffic conditions on nearby roads, which it can relay to anyone comfortable enough to ask.

Via Makezine

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