Cartoon Mech Visionary Debuts First Real Robot

The Humanoid Robotics Project in Japan is an organization working towards designing machines that can provide human-like labor for jobs which are unsafe for the living to preform. Shown is an example of their latest work: an android designed to help in the cleaning and repair of hazardous areas during post-disaster scenarios.

This particular cyborg is made unique by the fact that its designer, Yutaka Izubuchi, had only previously designed such machines as an artist. He is famous for his creation of the mechs in the Patlabor and Gundam anime series'. Pretty neat to see this kind of crossover.