Researchers have created humanoids Robot which can It alternates between solid and liquid stateswhile he is pictured going through a small “jail” with bars.
according to Iflscience.comthe creators claim to have been inspired by the ability of sea cucumbers to change the rigidity of their tissues, however, this is much like the T-1000 robot from the movie “Terminator 2”.
In the released video, the robot appears in human form It liquefies and flows through the bars, then reshapes it back to its original shape.
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Giving robots the ability to switch between a liquid and a solid state gives them more functionality.declared Δρ Cheng Feng PanHead of the Chinese University of Hong Kong team that made the robot.
Achievement depends on A substance that can move between a solid and a liquid under the influence of a magnetic fieldwhich scholars callA solid-liquid magnetic phase transition material (MPTM), which includes magnetic particles in gallium, a metal with a very low melting point (29.8 °C).
The team added magnetic particles of neodymium, iron and boron to the gallium, which Carnegie Mellon professor Karmal Majidi said served two roles. “It makes matter respond to an alternating magnetic fieldso you can, by induction, heat a substance and cause a phase change”He said: “But magnetic particles also give robots mobility and the ability to move in response to a magnetic field.”
Phase change materials have been fabricated in the past, but they require external heat sources or electrical currents for transformation.
As they explain in their post on cell magazinetheir little baby The robot can jump 21 mm (0.8 in) trenches and climb walls when solid, but it also splits to go around objects before reassembling when wet.
as it states Futurism.comHowever, the researchers believe that MPTM can be very specific Engineering and medical applications. “Now, we are developing this material system in more practical ways to solve some very specific medical and engineering problems. “Ban mentioned.
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