"To Serve Mankind"

When Robotic Technology, Inc., and Cyclone Power Technologies announced earlier this month they had completed the first phase of their project to build a robotic vehicle that could scavenge sticks, grass, leaves and other biomass to fuel itself, the companies had no idea that their proposed machine would set off one of humanity's worst fears: the dawn of an artificially intelligent race of self-sufficient mechanical devices with a hunger for organic meals (including people).
 
The companies quelled last week's clamor that their Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR) was being developed as a carnivore by pointing out that it will, in fact, be a vegetarian.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=biomass-fueled-robot

 
 

Fox News, already at its usual level of hysteria, had posted an online article titled:

  "Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies"

 

 

[ As of today, they've changed the article. The title is still on their website, but the article now leads to a page reading, "Biomass-Eating Military Robot Is a Vegetarian, Company Says" ]

 

see bottom of page at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html

 

 

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