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Liquid Metal Robots Are Almost Here (and They Are Made in China)
Ekaterina Blinova, 19:41 11.03.2015(updated 16:09 13.03.2015)
The Chinese researchers hope to create a non-rigid robot resembling the fictional T-1000 from Terminator 2, however, the robot would be used mostly to observe environmental changes or to deliver materials within pipes and tiny blood vessels.
A group of Chinese researchers has invented a bizarre self-powered liquid metal motor – apparently a step towards the creation of a copy of the morphing robot from Terminator 2.
The group's ultimate goal is to create an intelligent non-rigid robot resembling the fictional T-1000 from Terminator 2. However, according to the team leader, the robot based on their invention would be used mostly to observe environmental changes or to deliver materials within pipes and tiny blood vessels.
The invention is astonishingly simple: the self-powered liquid metal motor is a drop of alloy made mostly of gallium – a soft silvery metal that melts at 29.76 C (85.57 F) – indium and tin. Curiously enough, when placed into a solution of sodium hydroxide or even salt, and bought into contact with a small thin piece of aluminum (its "fuel"), the drop moves around for almost an hour, travelling in a straight line, or drifting around the circular dish, or squashing into different shapes.
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