Scientists continue to make intriguing breakthroughs that could help reshape our lives. This time, a group of scientists managed to create a shape-shifting liquid metal that can transition between the ...

Hong Kong scientists bridged the gap between sci-fi and real life after creating a robot that can transform from solid to liquid like a real-life T-1000 robot from “Terminator 2.” A study detailing ...

Although magnetically controlled soft robots have been around, this oozing version may invoke new feelings of terror, with AI-dystopian characteristics that would be a hallmark of any movie involving ...

The Soft Machines Lab at Carnegie Mellon University has created a rudimentary robot that can become a liquid on demand, a capability the lead author compared to the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Share on ...

BEIJING, CHINA - It may look like nothing more than a small ball of metal, but the shape-shifting and self-propulsion abilities of a liquid metal alloy discovered by scientists at China's Tsinghua ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook With the rapidly-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, most of us joke about SkyNet ...

The world of robotics is getting smaller and smaller, which means they need to be able to adapt to smaller and smaller environments. While robots have traditionally introduced hard exteriors, the ...

Researchers are studying how self-propelled liquid metals might move around, eventually creating a revolution in electronics...or an apocalypse. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric ...

Figure 2. The liquid robot moves across the water’s surface, captures a foreign substance, and returns to its original position. Figure 3. (Left) Two liquid robots, each carrying different foreign ...