Created "prototype" of liquid Terminator

Chinese scientists have created stable drops of liquid metal, which in the future will be the basis for the new type of robots.

Liquid metal has the potential for application in the field of electronics and "soft" robotics (creating robots with non-rigid construction). Usually it is obtained by fusing gallium, tin and indium, but a thin layer of oxides is formed on the surface of the droplets, making the material sticky and unfit for use.

To get around this problem, the researchers developed a method for creating droplets, allowing them to change their properties. To this end, they immersed pieces of liquid metal in a solution of sodium hydroxide for three seconds to give them a spherical shape. Then they were treated with polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), during which the particles of the latter covered the outer layer of droplets.

Artificial intelligence should be protected by human rights

Machines have feelings too.

With huge leaps taking place in the world of artificial intelligence (AI), right now, experts have started asking questions about the new forms of protection we might need against the formidable smarts and potential dangers of computers and robots of the near future.

Meanwhile in Russia: Self-learning Robot Escapes for 45 Minutes

In the recent frenzy of questionable robotic motives, a Russian self-learning robot escaped a training compound before engineers were able to bring it back home.

Artificially intelligent (AI) robots have demonstrated some incredibly peculiar traits between Microsoft’s AI bot turning into a racist-human-hating robot in 24 hours and DARPA announcing their plan for a 132-foot “stalker” warship to hunt the seas for enemies. Whatever the case may be, the age of robotic automation has begun.

Russia wants to use these humanoid robots to replace humans on spacewalks

As incredible as it is to see human beings floating in the blackness of space, there's nothing easy about getting them there, and it's not entirely safe either. Spacewalks must be meticulously planned and carried out at slow speeds to ensure their success, which is why Russian scientists are building robots to carry out the job instead.

Since robots can operate in space without clunky breathing apparatuses and bulky suits, and of course are unerringly accurate when it comes to mechanical tasks - assuming they've been given the right instructions in the first place - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has announced plans to send robots up to the International Space Station (ISS) in the near future.