Can it get crazier than this for powering robots?

Quote: The properties of materials as a power source is not a new idea. It’s the basis of steam power, for example. But a team from Cornell University in New York is now investigating the potential of material we are all familiar with, but more often while watching films than any industrial context. End quote 

Popcorn 

That is what is being talked about.

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/popcorn-powered-robots/?cmpid=tenews_5845066&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=tenews&adg=B9661AD2-80C4-45E6-885B-771A5905C40A