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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

1) Japanese rescue robot saves people by 'eating' them (Aug 2, 2009)

This one looks similar to the bigger of two robots featured in this episode, and it's apparently already in service with the Tokyo Fire Department.

2) Japan's earthquake rescue robot (May 27, 2009)

And over at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, we see prototypes of the more familiar snake-like search bots, along with a four-legged contraption that may well be the precursor of the robot that so enraptured Yuuki.

*speechless* not sure whether to take that pic as ridiculous or ingenious..
Still, I never knew portable toilet existed in the world. Thanks, Tokyo Magnitude.