Apparently, Japanese runners like to eat tomatoes on-the-go to provide nourishment. And, because this is Japan and all, they’ve recently unveiled the most WTF-way-possible to do so.

Enter, The Tomatan… A robot that sits on a runner’s shoulders, that will dispense a juicy tomato directly to its human’s mouth on command.

The tomato robot was recently unveiled as a marketing promotion for food company Kagome, and not necessarily to encourage you to stand out at your next 5K fun-run. Please watch this.

[link, via The Awesomer]