Yeah. The developers want to use them to go into the Darkness that swallowed up most of the Segments and see what's actually in there. But don't get your hopes up too high right away; the ones they've been testing can't even be walked around the city yet.

...

I don't think I'll volunteer again, honestly.

[He says that now, but if the situation really got desperate he'd rethink it! Then again there aren't that many mecha units, so anyone with experience ought to be given priority in any such scenario.]