T-1000

The robot can go from a solid state to a liquid state, and vice versa, based on manipulation of the magnetic fields around it. In the pictures, this robot liquified to escape the cage, then cooled back into its original shape outside the bars. Photo: Collected
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T-1000 is here: Scientists make breakthrough in shape-shifting robots

Scientists hope to use this technology in medicine, such as foreign object removal from the body, instead of time travel and assassinations