Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (DARPA, late 2000s)

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Since we don't seem to have a dedicated thread for this already:

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/10/remember-eatr-the-military-robot-that-was-supposed-to-eat-humans/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/09/eatr_beta/
 

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... A HUNGRY TERMINATOR IS COMMING ;D

on Second Variety
My guess is they use methane from the sea floor mud and burn it in a Fuelcell
but this look more like a crossover of a Fuelcell with a sewage treatment plant...


I guess this means we'll have weapons that can eat what they kill

Seeing as that's the argument for ethical hunting - would it mean that unleashing those robots upon the enemy and then allowing them to eat the bodies would be ethical? ;D


Dragon029,

No, not really

Lauge said:
sferrin said:
Reminds me of the DARPA program to figure out how to have robotic unmanned vehicles fuel themselves by eating biomass. Second Variety anybody?


RUN FOR YOUR LIVES......

Regards & all,

Thomas L. Nielsen
Luxembourg

You may want to avert your eyes away now then: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/0...s-create-chemically-powered-robotic-jellyfish
 
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After everyone has left a huge mess...


Ah, our old friend EATR.
 
Is there some estimation of rate of movement across various terrain (and impassible terrain)? Some comparison of watt per day per kg/$ relative to something straightforward like solar would also be neat.
 
If you take all the daily organic waste from two households and pass them through a specifically designed digester to produce methane gas that would fuel a solid oxyde fuel cell, you'll have enough energy to power a regular bulb light for 24hr (redundancy is built in the model).

Those robots would have to be built naturally hungry and might spend way more time feasting than fighting!
 
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Those robots would have to be built naturally hungry and might spend way more time feasting than fighting!
They could mimic the behavior of cold blooded animals, or even the sessile animals, waiting for a prey instead of pursuing it. That reduces dramatically the need for energy.
 
Not bad. An evolutive form of antipersonnel mine, is that what you mean?
The sessile version would be the most limited, once revealed its position, it would had minimal probability to survive. So, as you described, an evolved mine, with a single chance to kill.
The "cold blooded" version should rely on stealth measures to avoid detection.
 

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