Terminator-liked robot liquefies to escape a cage and then reforms into its original shape

In the 1991 film'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' T-1000 liquifies himself to walk through metal bars, and this sci-fi scene is recreated in a real-world robot. A video of a shape-shifting robot shows it trapped in a cage, melting and then sliding through the bars where it reforms on the outside. Researchers led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong created the new phase-shifting material by embedding magnetic particles in gallium, a metal with a very low melting point of 85 degrees Fahrenheit. While the team does not see the innovation threatening humanity like in the Terminator movie, they foresee it removing foreign objects from the body or delivering drugs on demand. Scientists tested the robot through a series of'obstacles.'