Carnivorous Robots - What Could Go Wrong??

At first glance I thought this was a fake funding announcement, surely no one in the government would actually give millions of dollars to a company that wants to make a carnivorous robot. But alas, it's actually true. This company wants to (and so apparently does the government) create autonomous robots that can range far and wide. Once the robot's fuel supply is depleted, it just starts eating.

Fortunately, I read a little deeper and found out this is a herbivorous autonomous robot, or "herbibot" (TAE hereby trademarks the words "carnibot" and "herbibot"), and when its fuel supply is depleted, it grinds up plant and wood matter that is combusted in a special new engine. The engine then recharges the robot's batteries, which power the motor system. Pretty cool.

Pretty unnerving, however, if someday soon I am driving down a country road and see a field with a herd of cows gently grazing...side by side with a herd of herbibots, armed with missile banks and Gatling guns.


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