Recently, an international organisation for ethical rights published "The Ten Ethical Laws of Robotics". A list of guidelines that go further Isaac Asimov?s Laws of Robotics. I quote number 8: "As a representative member of humanity, I will profess a sense of eclecticism by espousing the classical Greek values (beauty, truth, goodness, and wisdom) to the exclusion of the corresponding vices (evil, cunning, ugliness, and hypocrisy)".
Ok, so robots in the future are going to be beautiful by themselves. (What is the matter with you mr. designer? This sattelite antenna doesn't suit my looks. I am not wearing that!) But let's see for a minute what happens now: EcoBot II is a robot designed to explore dangerous or inhospitable areas to carry out remote industrial or military monitoring of temperature or toxic gas concentrations. The downside is that in order to be fully autonomous, it is generating its own power EATING FLIES!
...maybe they are good for it's skin too!
I hope they don't run out of flies because I fear it can get really hungry... (enter: your fears)
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