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Title: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 11:05:58 AM
What could go wrong?

http://www.coolthings.com/self-powered-eatr-robots-can-turn-war-zone-casualties-into-biomass-fuel/ (http://www.coolthings.com/self-powered-eatr-robots-can-turn-war-zone-casualties-into-biomass-fuel/)
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Buckethead on July 22, 2012, 11:27:50 AM
Kevin?

I... I have some bad news. You may want to sit down for this.

Your test results came back.

I'm afraid it's worse than we feared.

Kev... you are the new MonsterDave.

Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 11:31:35 AM
I normally would say I've been called worse

Except I haven't.
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Buckethead on July 22, 2012, 11:37:34 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 11:31:35 AM
I normally would say I've been called worse

Sure you have. You just didn't hear it cause Mikey was on his own bike with his helmet on.  ;)
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 11:55:14 AM
I think you underestimated the seriousness of my pm
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: IZ on July 22, 2012, 12:16:31 PM
Quote from: Buckethead on July 22, 2012, 11:27:50 AM
Kevin?

I... I have some bad news. You may want to sit down for this.

Your test results came back.

I'm afraid it's worse than we feared.

Kev... you are the new MonsterDave.



[laugh]
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: lethe on July 22, 2012, 04:35:23 PM
Quote from: Buckethead on July 22, 2012, 11:37:34 AM
Sure you have. You just didn't hear it cause Mikey was on his own bike with his helmet on.  ;)
He did make me back off the throttle a few times so I'd have room to navigate through the debris field that I expected.
Not sure what I called him, probably not brilliant.  ;D
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 04:48:50 PM
Debris field?  No one crashed that weekend. . .

Also, a solitary go pro hurdling down the double yellow doesn't count as a field, even if it was debris ;D
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: lethe on July 22, 2012, 04:56:01 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 04:48:50 PM
Debris field?  No one crashed that weekend. . .

Also, a solitary go pro hurdling down the double yellow doesn't count as a field, even if it was debris ;D
Yup, no one was close enough to lick the side of a Dodge Ram.  [cheeky]

This thread has me thinking, if I convert my bikes to run off human flesh then I can make it a point to ride with crash prone people and just run them over as they fall.
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 04:58:04 PM
I forgot about almost smashing that truck (suburban, right?)

Re: flesh powered bikes, you'd need quite the intake scoop.  Might limit corner clearance.
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: lethe on July 22, 2012, 05:01:42 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 04:58:04 PM
I forgot about almost smashing that truck (suburban, right?)

Re: flesh powered bikes, you'd need quite the intake scoop.  Might limit corner clearance.
I think it was a crew cab Ram. The video is upstairs, I can look in a bit.
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 05:08:08 PM
All I know was it was big and it was almost in my way. Not being intimately familiar with the side of a truck isn't a bad thing.

I could have been robot fuel.

Hmm, I may have just coined a phrase [laugh]
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: lethe on July 22, 2012, 05:29:28 PM
You are correct, it was a 'burban and you made him drive into the grass across the street  [laugh]
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 22, 2012, 05:45:49 PM
Geez.

Almost robot fuel.
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: lethe on July 22, 2012, 06:28:10 PM
Robot fuel indeed

Yikes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjfwkrnFSbo#)
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Oldfisti on July 23, 2012, 09:33:33 AM
Thank god there's this...


http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/ (http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/)
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: Monsterlover on July 23, 2012, 09:36:14 AM
Quote from: alfisti on July 23, 2012, 09:33:33 AM
http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/ (http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/)

Hulu wants my cc to watch this ....
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: bevel on July 23, 2012, 02:19:43 PM
It's just the SNL "Old Glory Robot Insurance" clip. It's been taken down from YouTube and hosted behind a pay-wall at Hulu.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/old-glory-insurance/229049/ (http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/old-glory-insurance/229049/)

or lo-fi version here: http://www.digyourowngrave.com/saturday-night-live-old-glory-robot-insurance/ (http://www.digyourowngrave.com/saturday-night-live-old-glory-robot-insurance/)
Title: Re: Robots that stay alive by eating people
Post by: MendoDave on July 25, 2012, 09:57:25 AM
It gets worse than human eating robots. Now there are flesh eating robot/bear hybrids!  :o

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/210979/december-01-2008/exclusive---godless-killing-machines-mash-up (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/210979/december-01-2008/exclusive---godless-killing-machines-mash-up)