{"id":215448,"date":"2025-06-05T09:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/they-morph-like-liquid-metal-scientists-reveal-mini-robot-swarm-that-shape-shifts-just-like-in-sci-fi-movies"},"modified":"2025-06-05T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:02:50","slug":"they-morph-like-liquid-metal-scientists-reveal-mini-robot-swarm-that-shape-shifts-just-like-in-sci-fi-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/they-morph-like-liquid-metal-scientists-reveal-mini-robot-swarm-that-shape-shifts-just-like-in-sci-fi-movies","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey Morph Like Liquid Metal\u201d: Scientists Reveal Mini-Robot Swarm That Shape-Shifts Just Like in Sci-Fi Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/they-morph-like-liquid-metal-scientists-reveal-mini-robot-swarm-that-shape-shifts-just-like-in-sci-fi-movies.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IN A NUTSHELL \ud83d\udd2c Scientists have created a swarm of tiny robots that function as a dynamic, living material. \ud83e\uddec Inspired by embryonic development, these robots can change shape, self-heal, and adapt like smart materials. \ud83d\udca1 Equipped with light sensors and magnets, the robots coordinate their movements to transition between solid and liquid states. \ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN A NUTSHELL \ud83d\udd2c Scientists have created a swarm of tiny robots that function as a dynamic, living material. \ud83e\uddec Inspired by embryonic development, these robots can change shape, self-heal, and adapt like smart materials. \ud83d\udca1 Equipped with light sensors and magnets, the robots coordinate their movements to transition between solid and liquid states. \ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1635,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215448","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\/215448","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}