Robot eat living creatures

Oceans with many mysteries always attract the attention of human discovery. To some extent people can not explore the ocean themselves but need a replacement. That is the robot.

How to make robots capable of moving in deep waters and finding them an appropriate source of energy is a challenge for researchers.

Researchers at Bristol Robotics (UK) may have found a solution to this problem as they are developing a prototype of a robot capable of eating floating organisms.

This is not the first step in the field of bio-control, but an improvement on the fly-eating Ecobot robot (or live if it is equipped with the ability to attract flies). The principle is to put the bacteria that ' digest ' the organism and convert it into sugar. The bacteria then release the chemical and release the electron, or energy.

However, this technique only provides some extra power needed for some tasks. In the future, people will see robots working long hours in deep seas and eating floating things.

Ecobot II, fly-eating robot (photo: aliceandbill)

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