I'll be back! Scientists invent robot that can melt itself to escape cage - then rebuild itself like creepy Terminator villain the T-1000
The blockbuster sequel sees Arnold Schwarzenegger take on a T-1000, an evil killer machine that could shape itself into the shape of a human or transform into a puddle of liquid to evade obstacles.
Shaped like a small humanoid and placed in a cage, the figure was exposed to an alternating magnetic field. However, it melts into a liquid before reforming on the other side. It is even able to shape its arms into long blades or crowbar-style shapes.The T-1000 can shapeshift.Chengfeng Pan, an engineer from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who led the study, said: "Now, we're pushing this material system in more practical ways to solve some very specific medical and engineering problems.
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