Thanksgiving stuffing, mashed potatoes and some type of casserole that should be appealing to eat on such an occasion but really just looks like last year's leftovers. Thanksgiving is a few days away and the fasting has just begun in preparation. The eating and family get together's are memorable, but who wants to eat their whole days worth of calories in one sitting then have to clean up afterward? Yea, didn't think so. 

In 2009 Panasonic unveiled an updated version of a dish washing robot in Tokyo that seems to be quite fitting for such a turkey holiday. No, no. This is serious. 

The robot is made with sensitive arms that are able to pick dishes up from the sink, rinse and then load. Panasonic claims that the dishes won't even get scratched.

By 2015 the company hopes to gross $1.1 billion in sales but are currently waiting for the Japanese government to make safety standards that will most likely happen by 2012. 

The robot is oddly creative. Necessary--no. Owning something like this to use for a future Thanksgiving day would probably be useless anyway. There's always leftovers of course...and paper plates.