autonomous-energy

And what about objects which live like us, objects which need to be fed in order to be operational? The idea is interesting when we remember all the studies done in robots. In Europe, robots are been meanly developed in order to execute tasks as car builder machine, mixer machine, or vacuum cleaner; In japan, robots look like being -human beings or pets- in order to bring to people social helps, or presences, like dogs robots.

We have seen with James Auger (Auger–Loizeau) et Anab Jain (Nokia Desing/Superflux) some experiment of object using animals into the process.

First, James Auger show us differents carnivorous robots using dead flies or mices as organic food. So, a clock with fly-papers on a rolling path, a lamp where spiders on it, create web, in order to attract flies. A Mecanic arm is use to take the insects caught, and to bring it on cells. Or even a table where dead trapped mice are used in order to produce electricity.
All these robots appear strange, and could even shock, but the concepts shown by Anab Jain, very close to the Auger-Loizeau's work, allow to understand how interesting is these experiments.
One of her concept is an autonomous-energy radio, fed by flies, food or organic rubbish, which is a very interesting way to both recycle and create energy.