A combined toilet and automated toilet seat lifting device may include a toilet that has a toilet seat pivotally attached thereto, and a mechanism for automatically articulating the toilet seat from a remote distance such that a user maintains their hands spaced from the toilet seat while the toilet seat travels along an arcuate path defined between fully raised and lowered positions respectively. Such an automatic articulating mechanism is preferably and selectively adapted between alternate operating modes, and each of the operating modes may cause the toilet seat to articulate at a unique and constant velocity along the arcuate path respectively.