A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate if we overcome some technical hurdles, say EPFL scientists involved in RoboFood—a project which aims to marry robots and food.
Even after reading the article, I really don’t understand the use case. Aside from biodegradability, but that doesn’t necessarily require it to be edible to humans. Robots could just deliver the food without being eaten, and then be reused, which seems way more practical/cost-effective. Similarly for health monitoring stuff, wouldn’t it be better if it was designed to be completely inert/durable and then excreted? If anyone understands this better please explain, genuinely baffled
Even after reading the article, I really don’t understand the use case. Aside from biodegradability, but that doesn’t necessarily require it to be edible to humans. Robots could just deliver the food without being eaten, and then be reused, which seems way more practical/cost-effective. Similarly for health monitoring stuff, wouldn’t it be better if it was designed to be completely inert/durable and then excreted? If anyone understands this better please explain, genuinely baffled
It’s a justification for useless technology.
“Hey, we have an idea that has no practical use-case…BUT, we can make it edible. Amirite?”
Maybe edible nanobots that can go in and do stuff then be digested for exfiltration?
Or just make food that isn’t also a robot?