SPECTRUM: Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot Converts Biomass Sources into Electrical Energy

Published 2012-11-29
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All Comments (20)
  • @XNawiXx
    You fergot to mention they explicitly mention "chicken fat" as a fuel source for the EATR in their own documents 😂
  • @JorgeGamaliel
    I want an Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot in order to clean my garden!!
  • @Zoidpilot1
    This will be very interesting on the battlefield
  • @user-hc5of8xk3r
    Ya gotta love DARPA ! Wish I would have found my way to that place in my life ! Working on new weird stuff is so so Cool ! 😎
  • @bpdubb
    I am SO GLAD I’m on the back 9!!!
  • @moycorbin4750
    10 years old and the people just realised it months ago 😅
  • @GeorgeChar95
    Ah! A robot programed for self preservation! Pretty much like KARR from knight rider.... Ok, good luck with that!
  • So how is it that there is video footage of the eater robot allegedly eating humans, even if just a demo using a dummy?
  • @JorgeGamaliel
    Awesome!! Maybe i can use your robot in order to clean my garden. lol...well i can´t see my comment... :) :)
  • @Ciskokid1970
    She looks like Halle Berry 🤩😻😻😻😻😊
  • @Cylance-ji9tn
    The EATRs will clean the streets of all homeless ppl & their belongings at night