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Magnetoactive phase transitional matter molded in the shape of a Lego minifigure escapes from a cage (Video: Qingyuan Wang, Chengfeng Pan, Yuanxi Zhang, Zhipeng Chen, Carmel Majidi, Lelun Jiang) This ...

Scientists have created a tiny "Terminator 2"-like robot that can melt and resolidify itself on command, enabling it to easily escape from confined spaces. To make the phase-shifting robot, scientists ...

"Robot" made of shape-shifting matter liquefies to escape jail By Michael Irving January 30, 2023 A humanoid "robot" made of a phase-change material shifts from solid and liquid to escape jail, in ...

Flight. Invisibility. Mind-reading. Super-strength. These powers have mostly been limited to the realms of science fiction and fantasy, though we’re starting to see robots and computers replicate some ...

Inspired by sea cucumbers, engineers have designed miniature robots that rapidly and reversibly shift between liquid and solid states. On top of being able to shape-shift, the robots are magnetic and ...

A new type of shape-shifting robot can amputate its leg to free itself from tricky situations. The robot is the brainchild of a group of engineers at a lab in Connecticut. The robot itself is ...

Marty, a robot assistant at a Giant grocery store in Hellertown, attempted to escape by wandering into the parking lot, video shows. Screengrab from Rebecca Prendergast video shared on Facebook by ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Rogue Robot: Escape Protocol Take control of a little red robot on a daring mission to escape a factory filled with deadly traps, relentless enemies, and ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Tiny Robots: Portal Escape Tiny Robots: Portal Escape is an exciting 3D puzzle escape the room game set in a robot world full of curious characters, ...