Robot powered by eating flies

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 2, 2005, 12:50 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/12/27/expl ... index.html

(CNN) -- Scientists at the University of the West of England (UWE) have designed a robot that does not require batteries or electricity to power itself.

Instead, it generates energy by catching and eating houseflies.

Dr Chris Melhuish and his Bristol-based team hope the robot, called EcoBot II, will one day be sent into zones too dangerous for humans, potentially proving invaluable in military, security and industrial areas.

Melhuish, who is director of the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab at the UWE, told CNN that the EcoBot II was a result of a quest for an intelligent robot that could function without human supervision.

"That means they need energy. It is one thing to have a robot getting its energy from a household socket, or maybe from the factory floor, but it is another thing when the robot goes outside buildings," he said.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 2, 2005, 12:56 pm

Skynet rejoyces, sends one back through time to find Sarah Conner.

Moonwynd · Post by **Moonwynd** » January 2, 2005, 2:28 pm

Great...Robot Zombies that eat the flesh of the living to survive. Looks my greatest childhood fear is coming true...

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 2, 2005, 3:45 pm

install an ultraviolet light on the fuckers mouth and it will rule the world.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 2, 2005, 4:53 pm

The EcoBot II uses human sewage as bait to catch the insects. It then digests the flies, before their exoskeletons are turned into electricity, which enables the robot to function.

Incoming, robot scat movies. Have you shit on your EcoBot II today?

Drolgin Steingrinder · January 2, 2005, 9:54 pm

i welcome our robot overlords

Fash · Post by **Fash** » January 3, 2005, 2:49 am

Will my robot body have x-ray vision and the strength of five gorillllllasss?

Elf · Post by **Elf** » January 3, 2005, 3:17 pm

Bout time to get that Robot Insurance.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » January 4, 2005, 4:18 am

robots really creep me out...

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » January 6, 2005, 1:39 pm

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... 0106112121

South Korean scientists said they had developed the world's smartest robot able to think and learn like a human

omg it really is the end of teh wurld!

Lynks · Post by **Lynks** » January 6, 2005, 1:40 pm

The Terminator wrote:Come with me if you want to live

*Terminator drama music*