EATR

Basic Information

The Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot ("EATR") is a planned robot sponsored by the Pentagon which can acquire its own fuel by "eating" organic material in its vicinity - up to and including animal and human corpses.

See Also:

• Astrochicken
• Robot War

Sources

Bibliography

1. Project homepage

2. Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies - news story

Game and Story Use

• The idea of robots feasting on human corpses certainly should qualify as nightmare fuel - and should thus be used extensively in Twenty Minutes Into The Future, Cyberpunk, and Robot War settings.