Pooping robot needs more fiber............

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Some articles are just simply too funny not to share. This robot "digests" material to power itself and poops out the unusable material.

news.discovery.com/tech/robot-excretes-biomass-waste.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

No longer can you ask, What will they think of next?

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erco

[noparse][[/noparse]And the waste itself is pretty nasty stuff, as you can imagine. Chris Melhuish is the director of the British lab that is conducting this research. He told New Scientist that the generic term "waste" doesn't quite capture it right. "Diarrhea-bot would be more appropriate," Melhuish admits. "It's not exactly knocking out rabbit pellets." ]

Dull, dirty AND dangerous. Per iRobot's charter, they'll be all over this one.

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Cluso99

As if we don't have enough population (including animals) on this planet. Can you imagine the explosion of robots if they perfect this - a robot to clean the house, wash the clothes, etc, etc. And this is without industry.

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WBA Consulting said...
Some articles are just simply too funny not to share. This robot "digests" material to power itself and poops out the unusable material.

news.discovery.com/tech/robot-excretes-biomass-waste.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

No longer can you ask, What will they think of next?

In fact they've already thought of it, and more surprisingly, it's apparently art:

http://www.poopreport.com/Intellectual/Content/Cloaca/cloaca.html

HollyMinkowski

Ewww.. Poopy The Robot.

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