Selected Media Coverage

PressNews Title
Daily MailOctopus-inspired glove that could be a game-changer for rescue divers
New AtlasElectronic glove senses objects and sucks onto them like an octopus
Yahoo NewsOctopus-inspired gloves turn your fingers into tentacles
Popular ScienceThis glove gives you the sensational powers of an octopus
DiscoverScientists engineer glove inspired by octopus tentacles
BBC Science FocusThis shape-shifting technology allows ground robots to morph into flying drones
The IndependentScientists build shape-shifting drone that morphs from land to air vehicle using liquid metal
Daily BeastWatch This Robot Shape-Shift by Melting Its Own Metallic Skeleton
IEEE SpectrumShape-shifting Robots Adapt With Cleverly Designed Bodies, Grippers
VT NewsNew soft robot morphs from a ground to air vehicle using liquid metal
New AtlasMighty morphing melting metal robot switches from driving to flying drone
SyFy WireTransformers, Roll (and fly) out! Robotic vehicle uses liquid metal to shapeshift into a plane
BBC Science FocusScientists develop stretchy, self-healing, recyclable electronics
Physics WorldSoft electronics self-heal
Phys.orgSelf-healing liquid-metal elastomers
VT NewsResearchers Develop Flexible, Recyclable, Self-Healing Metals
TechxploreUnbroken: New soft electronics don’t break, even when punctured
ISU Engineering NewsFlexible, stretchy, conductive: New class of liquid metal soft composites for wearable electronics
ISU Engineering NewsLiquid metal composites with controllable droplet size and loading
Thermal ConferenceNew Thermally Conductive Liquid Metal Soft Composites for Wearable Electronics

Group News

  • August 2025: Nathan Brock joins the AIMS Group.
  • July 2025: AIMS Group has received the MTO Pitch Day grant from DARPA for research on “Liquid metal circuit enabled biological actuators for bio-inspired compliant microsystems“.
  • January 2025: Abdul Ahad Mokhtar, Kamruzzaman Kanon, Amirreza Khodabakhshi, and Ajwad Ishaque join the AIMS Group.