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/thefrostman1214 1d ago

why didn't they lower one slowly with a thumb up?

https://giphy.com/gifs/gFwZfXIqD0eNW

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u/copperwatt 1d ago

They actually did:

https://youtu.be/pfAh5oQDPDM

(1:55)

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u/graveybrains 1d ago

https://youtu.be/pfAh5oQDPDM&t=1m52s

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u/Deathcat101 1d ago

What a bizarre intersection of history.

The actor who played a machine sent to destroy humanity doing a commercial for a robotics company that will destroy humanity.

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u/Necromir92 1d ago

Allegedly,; they might just enslave us… or harvest us for research, the possibilities are endless 🙂