Dark_Knight Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies It could be a combination of 19th-century mechanics, 21st-century technology — and a 20th-century horror movie. 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. EATR will be powered by the Waste Heat Engine developed by Cyclone Power Technology of Pompano Beach, Fla., which uses an "external combustion chamber" burning up fuel to heat up water in a closed loop, generating electricity. The advantages to the military are that the robot would be extremely flexible in fuel sources and could roam on its own for months, even years, without having to be refueled or serviced. Upon the EATR platform, the Pentagon could build all sorts of things — a transport, an ambulance, a communications center, even a mobile gunship. In press materials, Robotic Technology presents EATR as an essentially benign artificial creature that fills its belly through "foraging," despite the obvious military purpose. . . . . DISCUSS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OL'DIRTYGeEEZER Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Source or GTFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html Fox don't lie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Sheen Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 beer dispensing robots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 July 10, 2009 Written by endymi0n DARPA Funds Flesh Eating EATR Robot http://www.scificool.com/darpa-funds-flesh-eating-eatr-robot/ EATR robots are coming, this isn't funny anymore http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/10/eatr-robots-are-coming-this-isnt-funny-anymore/ DARPA overview http://www.docstoc.com/docs/3992136/DARPA-EATR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2009 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drue_Down Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 So, when I can fuel my car with the flesh of infidels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Nope, I don't see how this could possibly go wrong. Not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatso Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I knew this was going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent_bob Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 oh hai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 This is going to turn into some real life sci fi movie. We are all doomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 awwwwweeeesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn1_fuckos Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 so what says it'll only eat corpses it might also try to chomp on people that are alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 irreversible consequences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 so what says it'll only eat corpses it might also try to chomp on people that are alive Nah, it'll shoot them first. POW! Instant corpse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Orenthal Norton Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 RIP HUMAN RACE -2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY MAYO Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 The only logical answer would be a robot eating super soldier.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Nerves Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DurkStevens Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Thats shits Metal as Fuck props Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I see I'm gonna have to travel back in time and kill yet another person, before they invent something awful again. If all goes well, this thread won't exist tomorrow. And you thought my moderator privileges only extended to this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Tib3- Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 BRING IT OOONNNNN!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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