{"id":1180,"date":"2009-07-21T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2009-07-21T05:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T09:13:00","slug":"1180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/21\/1180\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian and Vegetarian Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it just the Grumpy Vegan who read today’s report in The Guardian<\/em>, Flesh-eating robots turn vegetarian<\/a>, with irony that was never intended? <\/p>\n

Apparently, the U.S. military in conjunction with a commercial company is developing an “unstoppable military robot that powered itself on everything in its path” but not, as it turns, on “dead bodies.”<\/p>\n

We are focused on demonstrating that our engines can create usable, green power from plentiful, renewable plant matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, Go Vegan!<\/p>\n

The commercial applications alone for this earth-friendly energy solution are enormous.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Again. Go Vegan.<\/p>\n

US officials hope the steam-powered engine can be used by the military to create a self-sufficient robot that could survive on its own for months at a time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Didn’t you hear me? Go vegan.<\/p>\n

The early version of Eatr runs on twigs, wood chips and other plant-based material. This is fed into an engine that burns it and uses it to create propulsion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sigh. Go vegan.<\/p>\n

Another of the robot’s inventors, Dr Robert Finkelstein of Robotic Technology Inc (RTI), said that Eatr had built-in systems that would help it determine whether material that it ingested was animal, vegetable or mineral.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, yawn, go vegan.<\/p>\n

“If it’s not on the menu, it’s not going to eat it,” Finkelstein told Fox News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not unless it’s vegan!<\/p>\n

Eatr can also use more conventional fuels, such as petrol, diesel or cooking oil, to keep going. But the group reiterated that it would be illegal to create a robot that used dead bodies for energy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whose dead bodies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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