On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:42:32 EDT, S.B. Feldman, MD <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> <A
HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_841000/841839.stm">
>Click here: BBC News | SCI/TECH | Robot has sweet tooth</A>

But http://www.msnbc.com/news/435050.asp?cp1=1

   “The ideal fuel in terms of energy gain, is meat.
   Vegetation is not nearly as nutritious,” Wilkinson said.

   But Chew Chew’s diet is refined compared to that of a
   gastrobot being developed at the University of the West of
   England — it eats slugs.