Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies

Fox ^ | July 15, 2009

[RDTF]

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.

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[JimRed]

Starting search for obligatory “Mr. Fusion” photo...

[markomalley]

[markomalley]

Sorry...forgot to ping you to this

[Quix]

Thanks.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Robotobor say: Soylent Green is people!

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[the OlLine Rebel]

What’s with that man? Is vomit just starting to come out of his mouth?

[the OlLine Rebel]

“designed to kill people”

Wrong. It’s bottom-feeding, and the “dead bodies” referred to are mostly wild animal carcasses. I don’t see how it could kill any of us - including our pets - intentionally.

[chrisser]

Wrong. It’s bottom-feeding, and the “dead bodies” referred to are mostly wild animal carcasses. I don’t see how it could kill any of us - including our pets - intentionally.

You must have missed the part about the mobile gunship option...it's no coincidence that I ended the quote in my post after that phrase;

"Upon the EATR platform, the Pentagon could build all sorts of things — a transport, an ambulance, a communications center, even a mobile gunship"