Scientists Basically Made the T-1000 Robot from Terminator Real
Remember the T-1000 robot from Terminator 2: Judgement Day? Scientists have, basically, made that terrifying robot a reality.
Robots are either going to kill us all or replace us all eventually, I guess. Although you could argue those two things are in fact the same thing, right? Replace a person with a robot enough times and pretty soon you’re left with lots of machines (or maybe one big robot) and not a lot of people. I’ve been in the broadcasting business for over 25 years and I can tell you firsthand: I’m working with fewer people and more robots nowadays. And it’s not a good thing.
Scientists Basically Made the T-1000 Robot from Terminator Real
This, however, is something on a completely different level. I saw the report from VICE titled Scientists Made a Liquid Metal Robot That Can Escape a Cage Like a Terminator and thought: “no way.” Then I watched the video. Yes way.
I mean, I’m not wrong, right? That is basically this.
What you saw in that top clip is a robot that can shapeshift between a solid and a liquid state. What’s the science behind it? The liquid metal robot is controlled by magnetic fields, allowing it to soften, change shape, and harden again. The VICE piece mentions that this type of technology could obviously be used in the biomedical field, but also in manufacturing. Think universal screws.
What you saw in the bottom clip is the T-1000 robot from Terminator 2: Judgement Day turning from solid into liquid in order to enter a helicopter THAT IS ALREADY IN FLIGHT, then back into solid again to hijack the helicopter. Yes, I understand that it’s a scene from a movie. But if science could make that top clip a reality, how much longer until the bottom clip becomes a reality, too?
“Get out.”