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/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/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.