JAYFORCE

So… shape-shifting robots. You’re thinking Transformers, right. Okay, okay. Good start. But that’s just a start. We’re being led by what we see on the box (TV, movie screen). Let’s let the folks over at MIT take the lead for a sec; get us thinking outside the box.

Imagine a robot that could flex smoothly at the joints, or could flex its entire body (chassis, or whatever). What kinds of environments and situations could such a robot get in and out of. We’ve posted on all kinds of robot prototypes… real and sci-fi; even snake-formed. But they were mostly rigid, clunky; not nearly as flexible as organic life.

But what if we could do that? What if MIT showed you some coolness that could be a HUGE first step toward making strong super-flexible robots! Click play above. Plenty of room outside the box!

READ MORE: SQUISHY MATERIAL FOR SHAPE-SHIFTING ROBOTS (WIRED)

Bonus points if you thought of the T-1000 “flexible robot” that kicked the sh!t out of Schwarzenegger for most of Terminator 2: Judgement Day.”