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New U.S. battlefield robots to feed on corpses
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| The17sss |
So what happens when Skynet becomes self-aware? :wtf:
| quote: | A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.
Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" — "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable," reads the company's Web site.
That "biomass" and "other organically-based energy sources" wouldn't necessarily be limited to plant material — animal and human corpses contain plenty of energy, and they'd be plentiful in a war zone. |
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html
lol... it would be kind of cool to see one of these things roll up into an area with a bunch of dead Taliban and gobble 'em up for refueling... but uh, is this really a good idea? :nervous: |
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| malek |
| i think it would fail in somalia |
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| Capitalizt |
| This is pushing the boundaries of awesomeness to an extreme. |
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| nefardec |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
i think it would fail in somalia |
Crazy? It would use Somalia for toothpicks! |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| I'm assuming these things will have sensors that can allow them to pick out the dead from those still living...? I hope? |
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| kadomony |
you better hope it can distinguish between living/dead organisms.
MY GOD MAN! |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| whatcouldpossiblygowrong |
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| Krypton |
| We shouldn't be fighting the Taliban. |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by kadomony
you better hope it can distinguish between living/dead organisms.
MY GOD MAN! |
I know right? What if some dude is paralyzed or just unconscious and injured, and can't move... will he get chomped up? Crazy. |
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| boris_the_bear |
| gobbling up dead bodies would be its primary source of fuel. but gobbling up live people could be its primary attack mode:wtf: |
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| Leon |
:nervous: |
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