This is absolutely fascinating technology that has the potential to revolutionise a variety of fields (and decrease risks taken by humans) if the beta moves past testing (a task many have failed in the past), but I couldn't help but laugh at "'We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission,' stated Harry Schoell, Cyclone’s CEO."
Source Just type in "human eating robots" to Google and look at all the results you will find about the EATR.
Here is some more information about the EATR:
http://www.robotictechnologyinc.com/index.php/EATR
