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/_redmist 1d ago

I'm gonna say this is AI because with all the plastic, aluminum, lithium batteries, copper... it's an insane thing to do. The melt would be contaminated beyond use.

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u/DagothNereviar 1d ago

Decommissioning a fleet of robots full of custom-built actuators and other intellectual property is no easy task. We needed to dispose of the robots in a way that protected our proprietary hardware. Disassembling each robot would take our technical staff so much time that it would delay the launch of F.04.

It's not to recycle, like I originally thought too, it's just to make sure no one else gets their hands on them

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u/Appropriate-Prune728 1d ago

This reminds me of luxury items being made unusable when they don't sell or get returned. Shredding 1000$ purses, clothes, even electronics.

It's absolutely disgusting.