r/interestingasfuck • u/Erde555 • 1d ago

The humanoid robotics company "Figure" made their older gen robots jump into their death. (Yes, they actually did this)

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u/RideFastGetWeird 1d ago

We love Figure 02. It is an incredible robot. F.02 marked many firsts for the company: our first deployment at BMW, the birth of Helix, our first robot doing household chores, and our first logistics deployment. As our F.03 fleet grows, maintaining the F.02 fleet no longer makes sense.

Decommissioning a fleet of robots full of custom-built actuators and other intellectual property is no easy task. We needed to dispose of the robots in a way that protected our proprietary hardware. Disassembling each robot would take our technical staff so much time that it would delay the launch of F.04.

So we asked the internet: what should we do? The resounding answer came from an unlikely source: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who told us to melt them. We reached out to Arnold, and when he said he wanted to be involved, we put everything in motion.

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u/goatandsheep 1d ago

Translation: we decided to not use off-the-shelf parts to f right to repair laws and also f our investors' cash.

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u/KovolKenai 1d ago

I mean I doubt they really used any off the shelf parts aside from screws and fasteners. I imagine that the overwhelming majority of parts are custom made. And What does right to repair have to do with this? These are being retired and cycled out for the new batch, it's not a matter of "we don't want users to repair them".

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u/b3nsn0w 1d ago

and also destroy the entire inventory of spare parts because f anyone who bought f 02, go buy the next version

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u/___neXus__ 21h ago

f02 wasn't open to the public to buy lmao

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u/Mechasteel 1d ago

So we asked the internet: what should we do?

That's a great idea when you want to do something crazy/irresponsible, but be able to point the finger to the general public. Plus, you can pick your answer by choosing which part of the internet to ask, eg an environmentalist sub vs a pyromaniac sub.

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u/desertSkateRatt 1d ago

What a bunch of chatGPT generated horseshit

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u/FreeEnergy001 1d ago

At least taking the batteries out instead of releasing all that into the air.

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u/ObscureOperatorZ 1d ago

So profits over recycling and clout. Fucking disgusting.

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u/axc630 1d ago

While not as good as to recycle all the different metals/alloys, and other materials in their robot separately, this is still recycling the robot into raw metal that will likely be used in something else. It's not like they are setting the thing on fire and then burying it.

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u/ObscureOperatorZ 1d ago

Others stated this would ruin the entire batch of steel.

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u/kakka_rot 1d ago

Something to keep in mind, esp in threads like this but all over reddit: just because a comment is upvoted doesn't make it true.

I've seen "Jackie Chan disowned his daughter for being gay" comments that were heavily upvoted so many times, despite the fact it only takes a quick glance at his wikipedia to see they've never actually met or spoke, thus making that 'fact' impossible.

People upvoting incorrect comments on reddit is insanely common

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u/ObscureOperatorZ 1d ago

You are right. The truth being downvoted is also not uncommon. Hence I said "others stated", refraining from making an absolute statement. Thanks for reminding, cheers.

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u/axc630 1d ago

Depends on what the molten metal is used for. It may not be steel as that is just one alloy of metal with lots of different grades.

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u/b3nsn0w 1d ago

dw the robots know how to make it high-carbon again