"Earth-friendly" killer robots

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Kieran
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"Earth-friendly" killer robots

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... s-research

Just love this quote

"We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population"
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It's not going to get very far in Afghanistan/Iraq/Sudan izzit? No greenery. On the other hand Russia has lots of forests (*rings in-laws...*)
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RenewableCandy wrote:It's not going to get very far in Afghanistan/Iraq/Sudan izzit? No greenery.
Maybe they need to work on a robot that feeds on dussssssssssssssstt


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RenewableCandy wrote:It's not going to get very far in Afghanistan/Iraq/Sudan izzit? No greenery.
There's plenty of bodies from insurgents, wedding parties and the odd British/US soldier. Just because they claim they're veggie robots doesn't mean they will be forever :evil:
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Papillon wrote:
RenewableCandy wrote:It's not going to get very far in Afghanistan/Iraq/Sudan izzit? No greenery.
Maybe they need to work on a robot that feeds on dussssssssssssssstt


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I'd support a robot that fed on Matt Lucas. It would be a while before it needed to feed on anything else, too.
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