Flesh eating robots

Are we one step closer to abandoning this planet to robots? Maybe. But don’t worry, that thing can “determine whether material that it ingested was animal, vegetable or mineral. [...] There are certain signatures form different kinds of materials that would distinguish vegetative biomass from other material.”

The question is: before or after it catches a piece of food?

‘Flesh-eating robot’ is actually a vegetarian, say inventors

The machine’s inventors say that the Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot – known as Eatr for short – does indeed power its “biomass engine” by digesting organic material, but that it is not intended to chomp its way through battlefields of fallen soldiers. [...]

“We are focused on demonstrating that our engines can create usable, green power from plentiful, renewable plant matter. The commercial applications alone for this earth-friendly energy solution are enormous.”

Link (thanks Steve)

Reminds me of James Auger’s fly eating robots he showed at Lift09.

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