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    Butt-Cleaning Robot Solves Your Toilet Paper Woes

    03/29/2020
    Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
    Tag: @UselessDuck #arduino #toiletpaper #circuitboard #psd #coronavirus
    Butt-Cleaning Robot Solves Your Toilet Paper Woes
    Do you need a license for this?

    Coronavirus got ya down? Does the TP aisle at your local Walmart look like a George Romero flick? The Useless Duck Company has a solution.

    Let’s face it – toilet paper is wasteful (and impossible to find in our new, post-apocalyptic reality), and bidets are inefficient. So the DIY superstars at UDC took a custom circuit board from JLCPCB and used it to create an automated solution that knows when to cease the cleaning process.

    The Arduino device (w/ WiFi) uses embedded sensors, and the board works in concert with a 12v motor to create an elegant system that carefully measures the extent of the “damage” and applies the perfect amount of pressure.

    And unlike bidets, the UDC robot knows exactly when to stop (and not a moment longer).

    Pre-orders are starting soon, and you can check out a demo below.

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