Animals: An automated smart toilet for dogs

A product design company in Texas recently claimed to have created the world’s first fully automated dog toilet. Called the Inubox, it’s a self-contained toilet system that “captures, processes and contains” a dog’s waste. Inubox knows when a dog steps onto the platform, and it detects the waste left behind. Once the dog leaves, the station closes the platform and completes the cleaning cycle in less than one minute. All solid and liquid materials are passed through a solidifying process and deposited into a bag. Once the bag is full, the device seals it and hands it over for disposal.