{"id":132242,"date":"2021-12-11T19:23:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T03:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/shape-shifting-liquid-metal-could-revolutionize-robotics"},"modified":"2021-12-11T19:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T03:23:32","slug":"shape-shifting-liquid-metal-could-revolutionize-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/shape-shifting-liquid-metal-could-revolutionize-robotics","title":{"rendered":"Shape Shifting Liquid Metal Could Revolutionize Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tcjmJavrOvI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From self-healing robots to reconfigurable electronic circuits, the applications of liquid metal are only limited by the imaginations of the scientists working with them. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the latest revolutions, discoveries, and innovations in this material.<\/p>\n<p><b>2D morphing metal<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, scientists at the University of Sussex and Swansea University invented a way to <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/sro.sussex.ac.uk\/70978\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">morph liquid metal<\/a> into 2D shapes using an electrical charge. Though still in the early stages of development, this team\u2019s research could open up new possibilities in <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/origami-inspired-untethered-machines-might-be-the-future-of-soft-robotics\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"embedded internal links\" data-type=\"link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/origami-inspired-untethered-machines-might-be-the-future-of-soft-robotics\">soft robotics<\/a>, smart electronics, computer graphics, and flexible displays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From self-healing robots to reconfigurable electronic circuits, the applications of liquid metal are only limited by the imaginations of the scientists working with them. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the latest revolutions, discoveries, and innovations in this material. 2D morphing metal In 2017, scientists at the University of Sussex and Swansea University invented [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1635,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}