Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies

Military robot feeds off- wait for it- DEAD BODIES(???)

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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 comp

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Mod Edit- Changed title to original story title from link.

[edit on 15-7-2009 by elevatedone]

*stares speechless* After a news item like that, what the heck can ya say?! Our military has lost it's MIND. And so have a few of the scientists who come up with this stuff!

A robot that will just chew up 'dead' bodies? What if someone isnt 'dead'- but in a coma? Do the soldiers help hack up the bodies?

And you KNOW the military will program it to eat every'body' they can send it at.

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[edit on 15-7-2009 by wylekat]

Old news, already been posted sorry

www.abovetopsecret.com...

[edit on 15/7/09 by Discotech]

And with that, thread closed.