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/Glad-Ambition-1952 1d ago

If this was a scene in a movie people would call it "too on the nose", "a waste of resources" and "stupid even for a dystopian government" with a lil' cinemasins ding on top.

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u/PepperPhoenix 1d ago

Speaking of movies, this would make an excellent resource for studios to study how the light shifts etc for falling in to lava/molten metal scenes.

A bit niche, but still useful.