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Still waiting for household cleaning robots that can navigate complicated environments and put things away without damaging them.

prawn 4y ago
Forget navigating and putting things away, I find it quite amazing that in 2023 we are still cleaning our own toilets and immediate surrounds.
- jaggederest 4y ago
  They make and sell self-cleaning toilets at most big-box stores. They're just about 5x the price of a non-self-cleaning toilet, and I'm pretty certain they break down much, much more often, given that they have multiple valves and electronics in them.
  - prawn 4y ago
    Interesting. Never seen one for sale and never seen one installed in any household. Still amazed that in 2023 they're not a common thing. I understand the challenges, but it's not a problem that's going away, that anyone enjoys dealing with, etc.
  - preommr 4y ago
    link? The only "self-cleaning" toilets I see are over-engineered garbage that only help with cycling through toilet tank tablets.
    - jaggederest 4y ago
      https://www.lowes.com/pl/Self-cleaning--Toilets-Toilets-toilet-seats-Bathroom/4294737213?refinement=4294728589 https://www.lowes.com/pl/Self-cleaning--Toilets-Toilets-toil...
      - prawn 4y ago
        The product pages are blocked for me, presumably because I'm outside the USA, so I can't see how they work. Are these self-cleaning with scrubbers or with some sort of flushing product? If the latter, does it reliably remove all marks? Self-cleaning to me is something more than just periodically flushing suds or using a spray. The seat still requires cleaning, etc.
        chrisco255 4y ago
        I have no idea about those toilets, but I highly recommend getting a pressure-assist added to your toilet: https://www.flushmate.com/ https://www.flushmate.com/. I had one in a commercial retail unit I used to rent, and it rarely ever needed deep cleaning.
        prawn 4y ago
        Smart idea, being able to retrofit existing cisterns. I don't think it'd prevent having to wipe the seat down both sides plus whatever else. Blows my mind that we don't have radially symmetric bowls and S-bend equivalents that can clean automatically, plus the outside. I have no idea how my kids get piss around the outside of the bowl, but somehow they do.
- allisdust 4y ago
  But on the bright side, we have cheap smartphones now and can spend time on endless consumption of entertainment. All our bright minds are slaving away at 9-5 jobs thinking hard on how to make people click ads.

prawn 4y ago

Forget navigating and putting things away, I find it quite amazing that in 2023 we are still cleaning our own toilets and immediate surrounds.

jaggederest 4y ago
They make and sell self-cleaning toilets at most big-box stores. They're just about 5x the price of a non-self-cleaning toilet, and I'm pretty certain they break down much, much more often, given that they have multiple valves and electronics in them.
- prawn 4y ago
  Interesting. Never seen one for sale and never seen one installed in any household. Still amazed that in 2023 they're not a common thing. I understand the challenges, but it's not a problem that's going away, that anyone enjoys dealing with, etc.
- preommr 4y ago
  link? The only "self-cleaning" toilets I see are over-engineered garbage that only help with cycling through toilet tank tablets.
  - jaggederest 4y ago
    https://www.lowes.com/pl/Self-cleaning--Toilets-Toilets-toilet-seats-Bathroom/4294737213?refinement=4294728589 https://www.lowes.com/pl/Self-cleaning--Toilets-Toilets-toil...
    - prawn 4y ago
      The product pages are blocked for me, presumably because I'm outside the USA, so I can't see how they work. Are these self-cleaning with scrubbers or with some sort of flushing product? If the latter, does it reliably remove all marks? Self-cleaning to me is something more than just periodically flushing suds or using a spray. The seat still requires cleaning, etc.
      - chrisco255 4y ago
        I have no idea about those toilets, but I highly recommend getting a pressure-assist added to your toilet: https://www.flushmate.com/ https://www.flushmate.com/. I had one in a commercial retail unit I used to rent, and it rarely ever needed deep cleaning.
        prawn 4y ago
        Smart idea, being able to retrofit existing cisterns. I don't think it'd prevent having to wipe the seat down both sides plus whatever else. Blows my mind that we don't have radially symmetric bowls and S-bend equivalents that can clean automatically, plus the outside. I have no idea how my kids get piss around the outside of the bowl, but somehow they do.
allisdust 4y ago
But on the bright side, we have cheap smartphones now and can spend time on endless consumption of entertainment. All our bright minds are slaving away at 9-5 jobs thinking hard on how to make people click ads.