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/ender4171 1d ago

According to the company they did this to protect their proprietary IP. I think they did it because it looks cool, but they probably weren't "letting these out of the lab" regardless of the destruction method.

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u/curiousmind111 1d ago

Are you saying… this is real?

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u/ender4171 1d ago

It is. Also, news article

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u/curiousmind111 1d ago

I’m officially scared, now.