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Offline Kosh

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EATR
on: July 14, 2009, 08:33:39 pm
This is asking for trouble

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The system obtains its energy by foraging – engaging in biologically-inspired, organism-like, energy-harvesting behavior which is the equivalent of eating. It can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources),


What's the harm in having robots that eat every organic things in sight? :rolleyes:
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Offline Polpolion

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Re: EATR
Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 08:56:10 pm
Yes, people would really develop a robot that ate biomass and completely ignore the fact that it might eat them. Please ignore the fact that they probably not only know that this is an issue, and already have a solution.
 

Offline Bob-san

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Re: EATR
Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 09:00:14 pm
Quote from: thesizzler on July 14, 2009, 08:56:10 pm
Yes, people would really develop a robot that ate biomass and completely ignore the fact that it might eat them. Please ignore the fact that they probably not only know that this is an issue, and already have a solution.
The solution: they feed exclusively on forumites and bloggers. The infect stems from excessive contact with PC keyboards. Self-replicating would be nice too. Then again... eating trash could be a good way to salvage metals and minerals...
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Offline Rodo

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Re: EATR
Reply #3 on: July 14, 2009, 09:23:21 pm
I thought trash was gonna be used in the future for this

and it's creepy... to think in a robot that eats biomass.. OMG I'm getting matrix - phobia back all over again!
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Offline Flipside

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Re: EATR
Reply #4 on: July 14, 2009, 10:36:03 pm
EATR...

This is why scientists are famous for not having a sense of humour...
 

Offline MP-Ryan

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Re: EATR
Reply #5 on: July 14, 2009, 10:42:46 pm
Just build a bioreactor in the damn thing and be done with it.  Not like it's hard, after all.
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