JVParkour
02-08-2010, 11:47 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8495946.stm
"A striking example of a robot in need of careful programming is a driverless vehicle developed by the Pentagon, called the EATR.
It can refuel itself on long journeys by scavenging for organic material - which raises the haunting spectre of a machine consuming corpses on the battlefield.
Its inventor, Dr Robert Finkelstein of Robotic Technology Inc, insists it will consume "organic material but mostly vegetarian." "
It may have been a typo or my lack of understanding, but isn't getting energy from organic material a very time consuming and large scale process? Ethanol/moonshine is the only energy made from organic material right now, isn't it?
Ehh well, I just saw this and was curious!
"A striking example of a robot in need of careful programming is a driverless vehicle developed by the Pentagon, called the EATR.
It can refuel itself on long journeys by scavenging for organic material - which raises the haunting spectre of a machine consuming corpses on the battlefield.
Its inventor, Dr Robert Finkelstein of Robotic Technology Inc, insists it will consume "organic material but mostly vegetarian." "
It may have been a typo or my lack of understanding, but isn't getting energy from organic material a very time consuming and large scale process? Ethanol/moonshine is the only energy made from organic material right now, isn't it?
Ehh well, I just saw this and was curious!