Feasibility of Cyborg Trees?

I'm writing a thriller story about a group of explorers who traveled to a distant planet in the hopes of finding intelligent life, when the explorers arrived they discovered a planet that was full of vegetation and dense forests but could not find any signs of animal life, a team of scientists who were part of the group concluded that complex life forms have not yet evolved on this planet and that they were completely alone. After a long day of exploring the team headed back to base camp.

However at night strange noises were heard outside the camp which frightened the explorers.

they eventually discovered that the planet was inhabited by hostile cybernetic trees that were designed by an advanced civilization whom arrived on the planet before them.

As mentioned in the title the trees are cyborgs and have robotic endoskeletons, while the outer layer is covered with trunks and branches from a type of oaktree. Power is generated through artificial photosynthesis which converts sunlight into electricity.

I would like to know whether the idea of cyborg Trees is feasible and whether there could be some complications with such a design.

posted almost 5 years ago

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