Spy robot investigates the enemy and then melts into an oily puddle

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A robot that dissolves into a puddle aft exposing itself to vigor and UV airy could 1 time beryllium utilized to securely stitchery quality and past destruct itself earlier it falls into the incorrect hands

By Lauren Barack

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11 March 2023

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The robot tin melt into a puddle

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A stealthy small spy robot, tiny capable to stay undetected, is susceptible of self-destructing into a excavation of oily goo erstwhile its ngo is completed. Such robots could beryllium utilized to covertly stitchery data, vanishing earlier falling into the incorrect hands.

The robot is simply a benignant of brushed robot, which means it consists of materials that are much flexible than the hard ones typically utilized successful accepted robotics. Soft robots person antecedently been projected for jobs similar delivering medicine to chaotic animals by mimicking …

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