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I’m excited. We’re so close to having a single robot that can jump, cut, fly and eat flesh… and yet so far. Fortunately there are teams dedicated to making fear happen. One such group is compressing airflow to supersonic (Mach 3) levels and creating low pressure vortexes to allow tiny robots to crawl on just about any type of surface.
It just makes sense. Robots attack humans. Robots ingest humans. Robot digest humans. Robots excrete oily human remains.
Chewin’ and pooin’ is what Ecobot III is all about. However, it doesn’t actually chew. It’s equipped with “digestive tract” in which Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) containing biomass hungry bacteria converts the material to hydrogen. Once the microbes have done they’re part, the waste is sent down the chute. Ingenious really. On top of that, the robot was created using rapid prototyping.
Here’s your chance to be part of the future… and also part of the remains left over after a rebel group goes after the people responsible for the creation of our friendly humanoid companions.
You may be familiar with the REEM-A or REEM-B developed by PAL Robitics. Well, as you might be able to guess, REEM-C is in development and claims to be the one of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world… and guess what? They need YOU to design a snazzy exterior for the chunky beast.
Details are on Life in the Robotics Lab, but needless to say, elegant, not scary, not toy-like and recognizable are going to be a great challenge. Up for it? Here’s what’s up for grabs.
I’ve been holding my breath in a muscle tensing fright for the past day, looking at the images below and imagining being curdled cradled by a skinless baby robot with the head the size of a large bear.
Seriously, if this thing crawled up to me, you would hear the highest pitch scream of your life come out of me as that enormous head gets booted at you. All arm flailing and creeping out aside, I hope whatever they are learning will allow them to construct a more customizable sizes of baby bot. I’m working on finding out more design details.
In the meantime, creep. yourself. out. oh, and I’d love to hear your captions for these.
Cruuuunch. Remember the sound, because it’s likely to be the last thing you hear as you see the contents of your body somehow digested through the visible Endoskeleton support structure of the latest in robo-gadgetry, the Eccerobot.
If the name isn’t enough to make you contemplate full, electro-conductive body armor options, the clunky movement of the Eccerobot may be. Held together by kiteline and bungee cord tendons, the thermoplastic polymorph bone material aims to give a more complimentary humanoid appearance. Video following.
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