The US Military has developed a robot that sounds suspiciously like a prototype for the villain of Terminator 2: Judgment Day:
The "Chembot" was unveiled at a robotics conference in the US last week and is the result of a multi-million dollar grant from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The robot moves by inflating and deflating parts of its body via a process called "jamming", which causes its silicone skin to change between semi-liquid and solid states.
DARPA hopes the robot will be able to assist in military search-and-rescue operations, where its ability to navigate through small openings such as tiny cracks in walls could prove invaluable.
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