Enter the age of mini phase shifting robots.
In order to shift its form, the bot features magnetic particles embedded in gallium to which an alternating magnetic field is applied. This heats it up and causes it to melt. With a melting point of just 29.8°C gallium is the perfect solution for a phase shifting bot that uses the simple application of ambient heat to deform and reform.
The use of gallium means it's also conductive, so along with countless other applications, MPTMs can be used as"smart soldering machines that can manipulate and solder electronic components to create a functional circuit". Aside from that, the researchers show this material can be used to form"universal screws to assemble parts in hard-to-reach space". I'm not sure exactly howthese screws will be once they're exposed to only 30°C temps. But while the low melting point of gallium somewhat limits its application, this is still an incredible feat on the part of the researchers.
Watch this shapeshifting #robot remove an object from a model stomach. @Matter_CP pic.twitter.com/qgvaPBVXAeImpressively, the design even has applications in drug delivery, and removing foreign objects from the human body. God, I hope I don't have to cover the first time"The diverse unprecedented functionalities demonstrated by MPTMs are promising for future applications in flexible electronics, healthcare, and robotics that depend on dynamic shape reconfigurability and repair.
Time to prepare yourself for a future involving morphological robots, then. At least we know their weakness: turning the heating on.
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