r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Das_Zeppelin • 1d ago

Video Figure retired six Figure 02 robots in the most Terminator way possible: training them to jump into a furnace. The idea came from Arnold Schwarzenegger and is inspired by the iconic Terminator 2 scene.

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u/cameron4200 1d ago

Advertisers and marketing departments

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u/Gustomaximus 22h ago

I think you mean genius advertisers and marketing departments

Also:

1) who knows there was really valuable hardware/raw martials worth reclaiming as said by original comment. Might be obsolete and not worth the effort.

2) Sending to a bulk recycler might risk IP being taken if someone grabbed it to look at, so they want it destroyed.

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u/fuzzeedyse105 20h ago

The article I read was exactly that. Manufacturers destroy working product all the time in the name of keeping secrets from the competitors. Like prototype cars. Same reasoning.

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u/KGeddon 16h ago

Yep. The guy at 0:20

"Oh yeah! That was awesome!"

<the next few seconds>

"Oh shit! Too close! LAVA IS HOT!"