Military Robotics Research [Archive]

lynca

14-07-2009, 18:33

A friend of mine sent a few articles about Military Robotics Research.

The titles' definitely grab your attention,

Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html?test=latestnews)

Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090714/sc_livescience/powerfulideasmilitarydevelopscybugspies)

insert zombie or cyborg joke below ...

Travis Hoffman

14-07-2009, 19:26

A friend of mine sent a few articles about Military Robotics Research.

The titles' definitely grab your attention,

Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html?test=latestnews)

Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090714/sc_livescience/powerfulideasmilitarydevelopscybugspies)

insert zombie or cyborg joke below ...

This is bad comedy.

dtengineering

14-07-2009, 21:03

While the idea of the robot "feeding on dead bodies" makes a nice headline for Fox news, the concept of having an herbivorous robot makes a lot of sense... I mean... why couldn't a robot lawnmower power itself using lawn trimmings? Or, I suppose... I could just get a couple sheep and implant that cybug technology into them!

Jason

Rick TYler

14-07-2009, 21:19

I suppose... I could just get a couple sheep and implant that cybug technology into them!

Do electric sheep dream of androids?

JaneYoung

14-07-2009, 21:34

I mean... why couldn't a robot lawnmower power itself using lawn trimmings?

I could use some help with dust down here. Powered by dust or hey, a vacuum cleaner powered by the stuff it sucks up... which includes - dust -

I'm not a dust person.

EricVanWyk

15-07-2009, 08:22

I could use some help with dust down here. Powered by dust or hey, a vacuum cleaner powered by the stuff it sucks up... which includes - dust -

I'm not a dust person.

If you could make it run on pollen and cat hair while you are at it, it would be greatly appreciated.

Richard Wallace

15-07-2009, 10:32

There might be a market for a robot that eats kudzu. It would need to have a fairly long service life, though -- many states in the southern tier of the US are covered with the stuff, so a kudzu-bot might need to run continuously for several years, eating at least a ton per day, to keep up with the growth rate. :)

IKE

15-07-2009, 12:11

I could use some help with dust down here. Powered by dust or hey, a vacuum cleaner powered by the stuff it sucks up... which includes - dust -

I'm not a dust person.

All of our robots that are more than 2 years old do a great job collecting dust. It is a bit bizarre. There were no special modifications required other than they be left alone for a couple months at a time. Best part is the dust is on the surface, so you can see what a great job they are doing at collecting all that extra dust.

Jetweb

15-07-2009, 12:29

the "engine" used in the first one is interesting, i kind of reminds me of Mr.Fusion :]

http://www.cyclonepower.com/works.html

http://journeyhomeburke.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/mr-fusion.jpg

Adam Y.

15-07-2009, 13:26

This is bad comedy.
I just read about this. Apparently, the part about eating dead bodies was added in by Fox News.