Military robot that eats the dead

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html?test=latestnews

A horrifying apocalypse begins.

and it's steam punk

watmm loves steam punk

possible Most IDM Thing 2010 contest runner

that's one of the saddest headlines in recent memory

Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR"

Oh god.

seriously this is seriously going to seriously far.

hoyl fuck

not steam punk.

It's not like it was specifically designed to eat dead people.

The article says it feeds on biomass, that can be loads of things.

People should take care of their dead anyway, all kinds of nasty diseases come from piles of rotting corpses, so it's more like the robot is doing the local population a favor by picking up their slack.

  On 7/15/2009 at 12:56 AM, chenGOD said:

not steam punk.

it's steam powered, it's a robot

The robot's not punk as long as it doesn't rebel against its parents.

  On 7/15/2009 at 12:59 AM, tauboo said:

  On 7/15/2009 at 12:56 AM, chenGOD said:

not steam punk.

it's steam powered, it's a robot

lol i didn't read the article, just the picture didn't look very steam punk.

consider me corrected.

Thats awesome. I think there must have been a thread on this a few months ago(or somewhere else), because I definatly remember reading about EATR. I don't remember them mentioning the dead body thing though, just the biomass generality.

There was an article about a clock that eats flies, however it's inefficient and oil is used because it is a good power source. If they wanted a better power source they would use solar energy or something.

The clock was never self powered because the energy from 'consuming' dead flies was so little.

EDIT; it does use solar energy too, however automobile companies are going to spend more money on generating electricity from solar or other electric means than these guys so I think that tech will come from them, not the military (this time).

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/29/carnivorous-clock-eats-bugs-counts-down-to-doomsday/

Great. Now the war machines can eat the planet.

  On 7/14/2009 at 11:33 PM, triachus said:

possible Most IDM Thing 2010 contest runner

hhahahahaaaaahaha.

chainsaw = awesome

i have one of these, gets my dungeon proper clean

Inevitable, and a good idea. Get over it, meat-based prudes.

fucking amazing/terrifying

maybe it can eat land mines

ZOMBIE ROBOTS

ZOMBOTS

It occurred to me just now that a military robot that ate the living would probably be more useful.