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Did a Google search "human pod harveseter the matrix movies"



Matrix wiki says they're just called "Harvesters". I can't imagine the machines giving them specific name and humans would call them what they were.




Harvesters (or Fetus Harvesters) are Machines that maintain the expansive fetus fields of synthetically grown human fetuses used to populate the power plant as older humans die off or are ejected from the power plant.



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    I thought the pod harvesters were the small, mobile ones that "pulled the plugs" on spent bodies. The ones I'm showing here are 10-20x larger.

    – uhoh
    6 hours ago






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    I've edited in the link I think you are referring to and some context from it in case it goes down.

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Fetus Harvesters



enter image description here
Concept image from The Art of the Matrix



Interestingly, the name of these robots evolved quite considerably over time. In the earliest (1996) version of the script, they're referred to as "farm-like reapers"




[Huge farm-like reapers are harvesting the crop]




The 1997 script treatment has a slight edit, referring to them as "a thresher-like farm machine[s]"




The husk hanging from a stalk is plucked by a thresher-like farm machine.




And by the final draft (seen in The Art of the Matrix), they're given a name. Geof Darrow also provided a set of concept drawings that survived largely intact to the final film.




We rise up, the field stretching in every direction to the horizon,
lightning tearing open the sky as a harvester sweeps past us.







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    Sentinels



    Also reffered to as 'Squiddies' by the human resistance.




    Sentinels were originally built as construction unit and given military tasks much later. Since they lack dedicated offensive weaponry, their fangs and wielding laser beam give away that they are much more fit for construction tasks, which was their primary goal - maintenance and repair of the physical Matrix structures. When the Machine War broke out, the sentinels were deployed as a search-and-destroy unit.



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      The machines in the pictures in the question are definitely not sentinels.

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      They are asking about the harvester machines, not Sentinels. Different function.

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    Did a Google search "human pod harveseter the matrix movies"



    Matrix wiki says they're just called "Harvesters". I can't imagine the machines giving them specific name and humans would call them what they were.




    Harvesters (or Fetus Harvesters) are Machines that maintain the expansive fetus fields of synthetically grown human fetuses used to populate the power plant as older humans die off or are ejected from the power plant.



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      I thought the pod harvesters were the small, mobile ones that "pulled the plugs" on spent bodies. The ones I'm showing here are 10-20x larger.

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago






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      I've edited in the link I think you are referring to and some context from it in case it goes down.

      – TheLethalCarrot
      6 hours ago











    • Oh I see what you mean, yes, that could end up being what they're called. Thanks!

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago
















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    Did a Google search "human pod harveseter the matrix movies"



    Matrix wiki says they're just called "Harvesters". I can't imagine the machines giving them specific name and humans would call them what they were.




    Harvesters (or Fetus Harvesters) are Machines that maintain the expansive fetus fields of synthetically grown human fetuses used to populate the power plant as older humans die off or are ejected from the power plant.



    Matrix wiki, Harvester







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      I thought the pod harvesters were the small, mobile ones that "pulled the plugs" on spent bodies. The ones I'm showing here are 10-20x larger.

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago






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      I've edited in the link I think you are referring to and some context from it in case it goes down.

      – TheLethalCarrot
      6 hours ago











    • Oh I see what you mean, yes, that could end up being what they're called. Thanks!

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago














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    Did a Google search "human pod harveseter the matrix movies"



    Matrix wiki says they're just called "Harvesters". I can't imagine the machines giving them specific name and humans would call them what they were.




    Harvesters (or Fetus Harvesters) are Machines that maintain the expansive fetus fields of synthetically grown human fetuses used to populate the power plant as older humans die off or are ejected from the power plant.



    Matrix wiki, Harvester







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    Did a Google search "human pod harveseter the matrix movies"



    Matrix wiki says they're just called "Harvesters". I can't imagine the machines giving them specific name and humans would call them what they were.




    Harvesters (or Fetus Harvesters) are Machines that maintain the expansive fetus fields of synthetically grown human fetuses used to populate the power plant as older humans die off or are ejected from the power plant.



    Matrix wiki, Harvester








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      I thought the pod harvesters were the small, mobile ones that "pulled the plugs" on spent bodies. The ones I'm showing here are 10-20x larger.

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago






    • 1





      I've edited in the link I think you are referring to and some context from it in case it goes down.

      – TheLethalCarrot
      6 hours ago











    • Oh I see what you mean, yes, that could end up being what they're called. Thanks!

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago














    • 1





      I thought the pod harvesters were the small, mobile ones that "pulled the plugs" on spent bodies. The ones I'm showing here are 10-20x larger.

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago






    • 1





      I've edited in the link I think you are referring to and some context from it in case it goes down.

      – TheLethalCarrot
      6 hours ago











    • Oh I see what you mean, yes, that could end up being what they're called. Thanks!

      – uhoh
      6 hours ago








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    I thought the pod harvesters were the small, mobile ones that "pulled the plugs" on spent bodies. The ones I'm showing here are 10-20x larger.

    – uhoh
    6 hours ago





    I thought the pod harvesters were the small, mobile ones that "pulled the plugs" on spent bodies. The ones I'm showing here are 10-20x larger.

    – uhoh
    6 hours ago




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    1





    I've edited in the link I think you are referring to and some context from it in case it goes down.

    – TheLethalCarrot
    6 hours ago





    I've edited in the link I think you are referring to and some context from it in case it goes down.

    – TheLethalCarrot
    6 hours ago













    Oh I see what you mean, yes, that could end up being what they're called. Thanks!

    – uhoh
    6 hours ago





    Oh I see what you mean, yes, that could end up being what they're called. Thanks!

    – uhoh
    6 hours ago













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    Fetus Harvesters



    enter image description here
    Concept image from The Art of the Matrix



    Interestingly, the name of these robots evolved quite considerably over time. In the earliest (1996) version of the script, they're referred to as "farm-like reapers"




    [Huge farm-like reapers are harvesting the crop]




    The 1997 script treatment has a slight edit, referring to them as "a thresher-like farm machine[s]"




    The husk hanging from a stalk is plucked by a thresher-like farm machine.




    And by the final draft (seen in The Art of the Matrix), they're given a name. Geof Darrow also provided a set of concept drawings that survived largely intact to the final film.




    We rise up, the field stretching in every direction to the horizon,
    lightning tearing open the sky as a harvester sweeps past us.







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      Fetus Harvesters



      enter image description here
      Concept image from The Art of the Matrix



      Interestingly, the name of these robots evolved quite considerably over time. In the earliest (1996) version of the script, they're referred to as "farm-like reapers"




      [Huge farm-like reapers are harvesting the crop]




      The 1997 script treatment has a slight edit, referring to them as "a thresher-like farm machine[s]"




      The husk hanging from a stalk is plucked by a thresher-like farm machine.




      And by the final draft (seen in The Art of the Matrix), they're given a name. Geof Darrow also provided a set of concept drawings that survived largely intact to the final film.




      We rise up, the field stretching in every direction to the horizon,
      lightning tearing open the sky as a harvester sweeps past us.







      share|improve this answer


























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        Fetus Harvesters



        enter image description here
        Concept image from The Art of the Matrix



        Interestingly, the name of these robots evolved quite considerably over time. In the earliest (1996) version of the script, they're referred to as "farm-like reapers"




        [Huge farm-like reapers are harvesting the crop]




        The 1997 script treatment has a slight edit, referring to them as "a thresher-like farm machine[s]"




        The husk hanging from a stalk is plucked by a thresher-like farm machine.




        And by the final draft (seen in The Art of the Matrix), they're given a name. Geof Darrow also provided a set of concept drawings that survived largely intact to the final film.




        We rise up, the field stretching in every direction to the horizon,
        lightning tearing open the sky as a harvester sweeps past us.







        share|improve this answer













        Fetus Harvesters



        enter image description here
        Concept image from The Art of the Matrix



        Interestingly, the name of these robots evolved quite considerably over time. In the earliest (1996) version of the script, they're referred to as "farm-like reapers"




        [Huge farm-like reapers are harvesting the crop]




        The 1997 script treatment has a slight edit, referring to them as "a thresher-like farm machine[s]"




        The husk hanging from a stalk is plucked by a thresher-like farm machine.




        And by the final draft (seen in The Art of the Matrix), they're given a name. Geof Darrow also provided a set of concept drawings that survived largely intact to the final film.




        We rise up, the field stretching in every direction to the horizon,
        lightning tearing open the sky as a harvester sweeps past us.








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            Sentinels



            Also reffered to as 'Squiddies' by the human resistance.




            Sentinels were originally built as construction unit and given military tasks much later. Since they lack dedicated offensive weaponry, their fangs and wielding laser beam give away that they are much more fit for construction tasks, which was their primary goal - maintenance and repair of the physical Matrix structures. When the Machine War broke out, the sentinels were deployed as a search-and-destroy unit.



            Matrix wiki, Sentinel







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              The machines in the pictures in the question are definitely not sentinels.

              – Null♦
              6 hours ago






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              They are asking about the harvester machines, not Sentinels. Different function.

              – MissouriSpartan
              3 hours ago
















            -3














            Sentinels



            Also reffered to as 'Squiddies' by the human resistance.




            Sentinels were originally built as construction unit and given military tasks much later. Since they lack dedicated offensive weaponry, their fangs and wielding laser beam give away that they are much more fit for construction tasks, which was their primary goal - maintenance and repair of the physical Matrix structures. When the Machine War broke out, the sentinels were deployed as a search-and-destroy unit.



            Matrix wiki, Sentinel







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            • 2





              The machines in the pictures in the question are definitely not sentinels.

              – Null♦
              6 hours ago






            • 1





              They are asking about the harvester machines, not Sentinels. Different function.

              – MissouriSpartan
              3 hours ago














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            Sentinels



            Also reffered to as 'Squiddies' by the human resistance.




            Sentinels were originally built as construction unit and given military tasks much later. Since they lack dedicated offensive weaponry, their fangs and wielding laser beam give away that they are much more fit for construction tasks, which was their primary goal - maintenance and repair of the physical Matrix structures. When the Machine War broke out, the sentinels were deployed as a search-and-destroy unit.



            Matrix wiki, Sentinel







            share|improve this answer















            Sentinels



            Also reffered to as 'Squiddies' by the human resistance.




            Sentinels were originally built as construction unit and given military tasks much later. Since they lack dedicated offensive weaponry, their fangs and wielding laser beam give away that they are much more fit for construction tasks, which was their primary goal - maintenance and repair of the physical Matrix structures. When the Machine War broke out, the sentinels were deployed as a search-and-destroy unit.



            Matrix wiki, Sentinel








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              The machines in the pictures in the question are definitely not sentinels.

              – Null♦
              6 hours ago






            • 1





              They are asking about the harvester machines, not Sentinels. Different function.

              – MissouriSpartan
              3 hours ago














            • 2





              The machines in the pictures in the question are definitely not sentinels.

              – Null♦
              6 hours ago






            • 1





              They are asking about the harvester machines, not Sentinels. Different function.

              – MissouriSpartan
              3 hours ago








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            The machines in the pictures in the question are definitely not sentinels.

            – Null♦
            6 hours ago





            The machines in the pictures in the question are definitely not sentinels.

            – Null♦
            6 hours ago




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            They are asking about the harvester machines, not Sentinels. Different function.

            – MissouriSpartan
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            They are asking about the harvester machines, not Sentinels. Different function.

            – MissouriSpartan
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