The Machines have joined forces with Mother Earth to wipe humanity off the planet

[Amake]

Plantas nomadas are the creation of artist Gilberto Esparza; a minature eco-system composed of plants and micro-organisms is housed within a robotic shell, which provides the eco-system with the ability (and digital intelligence) to seek out new sources of nutrition when it is required. Each of the elements is symbiotically dependent on the others: the plants provide habitat for the microbes, the microbes (in a microbial fuel cell) transform nutrients in water into energy to power the robotic components, and the robotic components provide mobility and direction for the compound organism.

Fo' reals (http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2010/09/a-cyborg-arboretum/). We now have to contend with robots powered by the sun itself through photosynthesis, or plants given the tools to walk and stab if you prefer. Self-adjusting, cybernetic plants. Just one step from self-replicating. Just one computation away from recognizing the screams of their young as we eat them alive and come for us.

I always knew carrots somehow would find a way to kill me.

Just kidding. It looks pretty awesome. But also somehow creepy.

[TDK]

I always knew one of those fancy robot apocalypses would happen during my lifetime. I approve. :) We had a good run, and this is as good a way to go as any.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Man this is the lamest robot apocalypse yet! Call me when they start putting machineguns on these things or teaching the robots to build other robots. Then I'll be concerned.

[Tev]

Man this is the lamest robot apocalypse yet! Call me when they start putting machineguns on these things or teaching the robots to build other robots. Then I'll be concerned.They already attatched chainsaws to them and taught them how to eat humans for fuel. What more do you want?

[bluestarultor]

They already attatched chainsaws to them and taught them how to eat humans for fuel. What more do you want?

Well, actually, it's totally vegetarian. That's not to say it couldn't do that, but they didn't program it to. So all that's separating it from being a self-feeding logger and soldier-eating death machine is a few lines of code.

[Tev]

Well, actually, it's totally vegetarian. That's not to say it couldn't do that, but they didn't program it to. So all that's separating it from being a self-feeding logger and soldier-eating death machine is a few lines of code.A "Windows Update" patch as it were.... :ohdear:

[Torque]

aww.. It's cute! Like a big robotic Chia Pet!

[Doc ock rokc]

Its offical Torque dies first. Sorry.

Anyway I still think we are a long way from Robot Apocalypse. as we are a long way from robot uprising and we are a long way before we attach sentient programs to things that would even think of killing us.

[Torque]

Its offical Torque dies first. Sorry.

Pfft.. I'll be the one riding shotgun on some automaton of destruction, as it heralds in your doom by raining death, and a prodigious amount of fire on all you naysayers who weren't smart enough to swear allegiance to our new robotic overlords.
Hail! Gigatron!