Want a Robot to Really Get a Grip? Make It Like Baymax

Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 4:33 p.m.

b'The octopus is unique among animals in that it can essentially turn itself into liquid, Terminator style. Get yourself a 600-pound octopus and leave it unsupervised and the thing will squeeze itself into a quarter-sized tube and melt its way to freedom. And its manipulation superpowers are legendary\\u2014cram it into a jar and it\\u2019ll unscrew its way out. So it goes when you\\u2019ve got no bones. And loosey-goosey octopuses can teach us a thing or two about robots.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'