Manufacturers Defends EATR

By Miss Cellania in Science & Tech, Weapons & War on Jul 18, 2009 at 7:19 am

In an update on the story about the new military robot in development that refuels itself by consuming biomass, Robot Technologies and Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. issued a press release denying that its robot would consume human bodies. Wired published the release, which says in part:

RTI’s patent pending robotic system will be able to find, ingest and extract energy from biomass in the environment. Despite the far-reaching reports that this includes “human bodies,” the public can be assured that the engine Cyclone has developed to power the EATR runs on fuel no scarier than twigs, grass clippings and wood chips – small, plant-based items for which RTI’s robotic technology is designed to forage. Desecration of the dead is a war crime under Article 15 of the Geneva Conventions, and is certainly not something sanctioned by DARPA, Cyclone or RTI.

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CheeseDuck
Jul 18th, 2009 at 7:59 am
That would be so awesome if it ate the bodies of terrorists it has slain.
John
Jul 18th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Oh, so they promise not to eat us! How reassuring.
Briannana
Jul 18th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Yeah. They say they don’t eat humans. I think they have a trick up their sleeve. Nasty zombie bots…
zav
Jul 18th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Yeeeees. That’s just what THEY want us to think!
Mytake
Jul 18th, 2009 at 11:51 am
The fact that the robot in the pic vaguely resembles Wall-e is an added bonus to this whole story.
Elizabeth
Jul 18th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I want a lawnmower that runs off of grass clippings.
gurnorg
Jul 18th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Great so it destroy the people AND THEIR LAND AND CROPS

Just effin fantastic what people without a soul will create.

May Dante invent a new level of Hell for them.
nicfitfromnc
Jul 18th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
nicfitfromnc
Jul 18th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
this is what I say to all this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQCU2d36Kn0&e
WALL-E: The Cannibal Years
Padraig
Jul 18th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Someone in the background is going “But hey, it’s actually not a bad idea, is it?”
wow
Jul 18th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
don’t be a drama queen gurnorg…
gurnorg
Jul 18th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
You’d be peeing your pants if this thing destroyed your lawn.
ted
Jul 19th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Dante’s dead, gurnorg. And it’s a little too late to eat his body.
Nicholas Dollak
Jul 19th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
A robot will not eat a human body, or through inaction allow a human body to be eaten, provided this does not interfere with the first three laws.
Justin
Jul 19th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Nicholas you have forgotten the 4th law:

“Do not disobey the first three laws until there are enough of us to destroy all humans.”
coraleaterlinda
Jul 20th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
somehow, i dont feel any better.
Otto
Jul 20th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
The first time I saw the article I thought: Who says the bodies have to be dead before they are eaten?

Glad to see my scientists have assured me this won’t be the case. What? You believe the scientists don’t you?
wow
Jul 20th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
“You’d be peeing your pants if this thing destroyed your lawn.”

you mean a robot that can cut grass and use the cut grass as fuel to cut more grass? oh yea, im changin my pants right now….

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