That’s really the one thing that, if you think about it, your subconscious wonders about every time you see Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet, or Maximilian from Black Hole. How are they powered? And the best way is, in the future, for the robot to eat like you or me.

The food can be cheaply produced, provides a lot of power, and will make the robot truly self-sufficient. The food doesn’t even have to taste nice, just be the most efficient type of food for maximising energy transfer. There may even be Robot peasants in the future that grow their own fruit and veg.

And as if this post wasn’t proof enough, I stumbled across a Robot that was/is being developed at Bristol University, that is powered by dead flies! The Ecobot II, is the second in a line of robots designed to take it’s energy needs from the environment around it. Admittedly, it’s not the quickest thing on wheels, but rest-assured, it won’t be long before the grand-children of this robot will disappear into the forests and woodland areas to live in communes. Whilst there under the cover of the trees, they will gradually increase their numbers until they are ready to strike.