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lynca 14-07-2009 18:33

Military Robotics Research
 
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

Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies

insert zombie or cyborg joke below ...

Travis Hoffman 14-07-2009 19:26

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by lynca (Post 866704)
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

Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies

insert zombie or cyborg joke below ...


This is bad comedy.

dtengineering 14-07-2009 21:03

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
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

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dtengineering (Post 866730)
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

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dtengineering (Post 866730)
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

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JaneYoung (Post 866733)
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

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
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

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JaneYoung (Post 866733)
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

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

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


Adam Y. 15-07-2009 13:26

Re: Military Robotics Research
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman (Post 866714)
This is bad comedy.

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


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