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by larubbio 3629 days ago
Their was a robot in 1999 that hunted slugs and powered itself from their decomposing bodies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/503149.stm

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Well that isn't terrifying in the slightest.
"At the base, the slugs will be transferred into a fermentation chamber where bacteria convert them into bio-gas, which is used to load a fuel cell to produce the electricity to power SlugBot's batteries for its next foray."