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Terminator 2 Comes to Life: Scientists Unveil Liquid Robot

submitted by Flanders to whatever 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 01:39:44 ago (+7/-0)     (whatever)


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"Similar to the robot “T-1000” portrayed by Robert Patrick in the 1991 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”, the liquid robot developed by the joint research team can pass through metal bars, capture and transport various substances, and even merge with other liquid robots. It is also capable of moving freely through both solid and liquid surfaces.

The research team also demonstrated that the liquid robot could repeatedly perform these tasks and developed a technique to control the robot’s movement and speed using ultrasound.

This novel robot is intended for biomedical and soft robotic applications, such as targeted drug delivery and interventions inside the human body. Industries that handle heavy machinery, particularly given its ability to move effortlessly through extremely narrow spaces are also anticipated to use it."

https://greekreporter.com/2025/03/25/liquid-robot/


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[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 03:15:18 ago (+1/-0)

It's interesting to know that the 3D printer that you can buy today which works by shooting ultraviolet light underneath a glass plate while that glass plate is covered with a liquid plastic that hardens under light and it will pull your object from liquid into hard plastic well that whole 3D printing method was actually inspired by the inventors watching the Terminator movie with the liquid robot. They said that was the inspiration to the idea and that's what got them thinking about how to do it.

[ - ] DoughGoy 1 point 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 08:32:16 ago (+1/-0)

That must be something newer than my 3d printer that just melts plastic and pours it out a little nozzle which then cools and hardens.

[ - ] Scruffy 0 points 2 monthsMar 26, 2025 10:14:56 ago (+0/-0)

Yep, basic robotic hot glue gun works tho ha.