A team led by scientists from the University of Seoul has successfully developed a robot New generation soft-based liquids, in the style of the famous T-1000 of the film Terminator 2.
It is a robot innovador can cross metal bars capture and transport strange substances and merger with other liquid robots. In addition, it can move freely on both water and firm surfaces.
The investigation was published in Science Advances.
Biological cells have the ability to deform, divide freely, fuse and capture strange substances. For a long time, research efforts have been dedicated to Replicate these unique capabilities in artificial systems. However, the traditional solid robots have faced limitations to effectively imitate the Flexibility and functionality of living cells.
To overcome these challenges, the joint research team successfully developed a armored liquid robotcovered with hydrophobic particles (Water repellent) unusually dense.
According to its developers, this robot benefits both from the Exceptional liquid deformability as of the Structural stability of solids. As a result, you can bear extreme compression or high -impact fallsrecovering its original form as a drop without breaking.
Taking advantage of these strengths, the team, led by the profesor Ho-Young Kimhe professor Jeong-Yun Sun and the Professor Keunhwan Parkdemonstrated various functions of the liquid robot.