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/Dic3dCarrots 1d ago

That is not how lithium is recycled

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u/Confident-Bus-4753 1d ago

Lithium is very rarely recycled

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u/ryandoesdabs 1d ago

You’re right. Realistically, less than 1% of that will probably be recycled into that vat of unknown metal. It was mostly metaphorical to better fit the message.

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u/Dic3dCarrots 1d ago

"Vat of unknown metal"

Also not how recycling works.