So, it seems this is the beginning of the end for us humans. Sure, we had a good run. But, according to recent news, it’s almost time to step aside and let the robots run things for awhile. The news may not seem too dramatic at first, but it certainly paves the way for a future of humans being grown like cattle as feed for our robot overlords. And what is this dire news? That some traitors to our species have invented carnivorous robots, that get their power from consuming living tissue.

A better, hungrier mousetrap

Okay, that all sounds dramatic, but the actual inventions are pretty cool. One is a lampshade, that catches and consumes flies. It digests them, and uses the generated power to run LED lights. Not too menacing, though, right? Well, then how about the coffee table that catches mice, then drops them through a trapdoor into a microbial fuel cell that dissolves them to generate yet more power? Yep, a robotic coffee table that runs itself on power generated by digesting small mammals. I don’t think it takes too much imagination to see where that could be headed.

These death-dealing robots were created by UK-based designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau. So I guess we have them to thank when Skynet finally goes rogue and starts harvesting us for robo-food.