via Wired:

“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission,” stated Harry Schoell, Cyclone’s CEO.

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The basic idea is that this is (among other things) a battlefield robot that runs on biomass it harvests on the battlefield.  I can’t imagine why anyone thought this thing might turn to corpse eating. I guess, in a way, robot cannibals are a green technology. Maybe Cyclone can merge with Skynet.

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