You can’t stop progress, and the more time passes, the more what used to be science fiction now seems closer than ever. Way… Terminator?
terminator by James Cameron is a film that made an impression on science fiction cinema in general. Under these conditions, it is very difficult not to draw a frightening parallel with certain scientific discoveries such as that of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Explanations.
The T-1000 from Terminator 2, soon a reality?
Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong announce in a scientific paper that they have developed a robot that is very reminiscent of the famous T-1000. This Skynet Terminator which has the incredible ability to liquefy via a “polymimetic” alloy. In the film, the character is played by actor Robert Patrick and he was clearly scared. However, we are on the right track to one day create the same thing.
The Chinese robot can indeed also like the creation of Skynet in Terminator 2, liquefy, and even escape from a prison (miniature). The figure is made of gallium in which magnetic particles have been incorporated. The interest of this metal is its very low melting temperature at 29.8°C. . Thus, by applying a magnetic induction field, the material heats up and will melt very quickly. The particles also help to move everything out of the cage. The spectacular result can be seen below:
In their study the scientists show that their robot can also solder circuits, deliver drugs, and help remove a foreign body from a digestive tract. We are not yet on a Terminator-style humanoid robot capable of holding a weapon, but it is still a fairly incredible development. And if it is very clear that this can have a very positive impact on medicine or industry, we can already see the bad ideas that can arise from such a project.
Giving robots the ability to switch between liquid and solid state gives them more functionalityexplains Chengfeng Pan an engineer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who led the study .
Now we are pushing this material system in a more practical way to solve some very specific medical and technical problems
What do you think of such a Terminator-style creation?
