Forget the fecal matter forever and let this toilet-scrubbing robot take over
2,625 views · Published 11 December 2018 · 12:50 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: Digital Trends · 2018 · Science & Technology
Vacuum cleaning robots are dandy, but how much would you pay for a robot that does even dirtier work -- cleaning toilets? Altan Robotech is betting that people will shell out $500 for its Giddell Toilet Cleaning Robot, which goes on sale on Wednesday, December 5, on Amazon and New Egg. Billed by Altan as the world's first portable toilet cleaning robot, the battery-powered white-and-blue plastic Giddell perches on top of the bowl (after raising all lids). It sports a telescopic arm equipped with a brush and advanced sensors and "115 sophisticated, heavy-duty mechanisms" that allow it to adjust to any size toilet. The company says the heavy-duty plastic housing is durable, electrically safe, and able to withstand the acidic environment in most toilets. Altan offers two models, one for standard round toilets and the other for elongated models. During setup, Giddell's software measures the bowl's curvature and provides the arm with 3D coordinates for reaching all surfaces that need cleaning. The software can also detect and navigate around obstacles, a safety feature that the company says makes Giddell suitable even for households with small children. Giddell works with any standard toilet bowl cleaning liquid, and its cleaning cycle addresses the rim, the area below the rim, and the bowl, right down to the exit drain. The housing sits in a mounting bracket, so it doesn't contact the bowl or the water, and the Giddell's brush doesn't spin, in order to avoid splashes. Read More: https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/robot-toilet-cleaner/ SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LATEST VIDEOS http://bit.ly/DTYouTubeSub VISIT DIGITAL TRENDS https://www.digitaltrends.com/ DT Series--- Behind the Wheel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XpfdRhHgyU&list=PLZEIwIHCxaFXVeqr527QvNAGf-hhUohdM Awesome Tech you can't buy Yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Lkq0EjQfk&list=PLZEIwIHCxaFX_dLKzcbRveMM-iIG4J0PN Innovators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NMa2nV1rr8&list=PLZEIwIHCxaFWho_JFi2OwREEnYIkiSGNN Connect my Crib: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8nNy0li7Qg&list=PLZEIwIHCxaFU_lCSkTEclp7ihsLGzYUaK FOLLOW US! https://www.facebook.com/digitaltrends https://twitter.com/digitaltrends https://www.instagram.com/digitaltrends https://plus.google.com/+digitaltrends/posts
