So I looked it up. The best answer I could come up with was here:
Dorodorobo Is Officially The Crappiest Robot Ever Made /
If you're asking yourself "why would anyone make something this?" there are many answers, including "because poo is funny", "because life is s#$t" and "because they can".
The simplest explanation is a high tech turd that leaves a trail of diarrhea is funny.
What the engineers didn’t predict is that their creation would symbolize every leftist politician and pundant on earth.
Reminds me when companies had R&D departments that didn’t have a specific product in mind, they just innovated.
That is how the tunneling effect was discovered which led to MRI.