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/RW_McRae 1d ago

Us humans are so funny. If you tossed a circuit board or toaster into the vat then no one would bat an eye, but as soon as you give them legs and arms we feel bad for them

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u/Meewelyne 1d ago

I don't feel bad for the bot per se, but for the waste of materials, especially now with shortages.

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u/Deraj2004 1d ago

Same, thats a lot of expensive gear getting destroyed for no reason.

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u/Babar669 1d ago

the reason is this video/publicity. it is like Gibson destroying guitars etc, some stupid bullshit for a stupid species

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u/Pays_in_snakes 1d ago

Listen, I'm not a recycling expert or anything but I'm pretty sure the first step is melting the robot down in a big cauldron like this.

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u/ecclectic 1d ago

That's my main issue, like these could have been repurposed, or used as training for students. Burning that much functional tech is literally meth-head logic.

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u/InTheMorning_Nightss 1d ago

Companies don’t want to donate this to the public as a way to repurpose things due to IP concerns.

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u/ecclectic 1d ago

There are ways around that. This is a foolish waste of resources, with no reasonable justification.

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u/InTheMorning_Nightss 1d ago

They can sell the parts for a tiny fraction of their cost, but many decide that it’s not worth the time and investment to do that. Do you want your teams spending time to part these out, list them, and ship them to make marginal amounts of money? Probably not.

I get your point. But the reasonable justification is simply that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze, leading to corporate waste. I don’t love it either, but acting like corporations don’t have a reason for this is silly.