Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Meet the Ecobot II: No batteries required
Scientists at the University of the West of England (UWE) have designed a robot that does not require batteries or electricity to power itself.
Instead, it generates energy by catching and eating houseflies.
Dr Chris Melhuish and his Bristol-based team hope the robot, called EcoBot II, will one day be sent into zones too dangerous for humans, potentially proving invaluable in military, security and industrial areas....
The EcoBot II uses human sewage as bait to catch the insects. It then digests the flies, before their exoskeletons are turned into electricity, which enables the robot to function.
There are a lot of places with plentiful human sewage where we might want to send this robot. Especially if it can carry a little camera and anti-personnel weapons.
CWCID: Puddle Pirate.
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