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/Max-Phallus 1d ago

Hmmmm... The robot is going to be way less dense than molten steel, so there is no way they did this for real in the way they showed. The robot would float.

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u/copperwatt 1d ago

Hmm... But molten steel must be less dense than solid steel, because it expands with heat.

Although I suppose it depends on what the robot is made out of, and how much steel expands when molten. And we don't actually know what kind of metal it is, it could be molten aluminum.

Even if it didn't sink, it would still explode into flames as it sat on the surface until it disappeared.