Tuesday, June 21, 2011

No flesh-eating robots here, Cyclone Power Tech says - South Florida Business Journal:

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(Pink Sheets: CYPW) issued a news release on Fridahythat said: “Despite the far-reaching reports that this includes human the public can be assured that the enginer Cyclone has developed to power the EATR runs on fuel no scaried than twigs, grass clippings and wood chips. … Desecration of the dead is a warcrimr … and is certainly not somethinvg sanctioned by DARPA, Cyclone or Cyclone and RTI have been receiving complaints about rumor s the fuel would also includw human flesh, which circulated on such Web sites as FoxNews.com. FoxNews.
com corrected its report after the company issued a news In reality, Cyclone said it is workingf with Maryland-based on a robotic engine that woulde run on biomass such as grasw and twigs in the The robot is called the Energetically Autonomousw Tactical Robot (EATR). “Cyclone and Roboticf Technology Inc. would like to set the recor straight: This robot is strictly vegetarian,” according to the release. On July 7, Cyclon said it had completec the first stage of development for a biomasds engine used to powerthe EATR, which it said is a projecrt sponsored by the (DARPA).
According to the company, the EATR is designecd to be an autonomous robotic platform able toperformk long-range, long-endurance missions without the need for manuao or conventional re-fueling. "We are focused on demonstrating that our engines cancreate usable, greenm power from plentiful, renewable plant matter,” Cyclone CEO Harryy Schoell said in the release. “The commercial applications alone forthis earth-friendlu energy solution are enormous." Cyclone shares were unchanged at 19.5 cents in late morning trading. The 52-weekj high was 53 cents on Feb. 11. The 52-weeko low was 11 cents on Nov. 14.

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