Elephantine pisser robot debuts in Kobe

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[floatl][/floatl][floatr][/floatr]The “DCBA” men’s room cleaning robot
Robot.Watch, Impress.co.jp - April 22, 2008 (machine translation)--On April 17, 2008, MERTEC Company unveiled a urinal cleaning robot, the “DCBA” in Kobe Airport terminal….
…Mr. Susumu Kanai was in charge of the design of the DCBA. He said that, ” I imaged a powerful reversal of the urinal drain would be like an elephant and used this as the theme...
...[color="Silver"][once positioned by an elephantine operator][/color] the 100kg robot can clean one urinal in 10 seconds and saves eight liters of water in the process...The robot will be sold to institutions such as the JR and highway rest stops ...The selling price will be 1 million yen........more...

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The nauseatingly cute facade aside I'd have to say this is a pretty good idea. Another in the long line of "why didn't I think of that" items out there.

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which one is the elephant?