Straight out of the 1958 science-fiction movie, “The Blob,” the Chembot is an amorphous blob that will hopefully be helping soldiers on the battlefield!
Made by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) of the Pentagon, the Chembot is able to change between a semi-liquid and solid state with the inflation or deflation with air. By inflating in different parts of the blob differently, the blob can slowly roll its way across the ground. Scientists are hopeful that the little blob will be able to go through small areas that troops can’t. Squishes through tight spaces and reorganize on the other side; it’s truly fiction come to life.
http://www.military.com/video/forces/technologies/the-blob-robot/662512649001/
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