Just done with dentist appointment. Idle thought occurred to me that we haven’t really explored the idea of robotic teeth. Chewing up and manipulating/sending bits of the environment with a generalized cutting/grinding/shredding end effector is not a thing in robotics
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I heard of someone working on edible robots. Partly for easy disposal, but they were also interested in food applications. Like cereal entertaining children and spaghetti crawling down the throats of people who can't chew.
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Actually this isn't really relevant but the image still haunts me.
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I once challenged my friend on this: if you want to eliminate pain in nature, are you proposing robotic tofu gazelles for vegan lions to hunt and eat?
He said "yes" with a straight face :D
Could still happen, though cats are obligate carnivores

