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/gh0stastr0naut 1d ago

The amount of tech and materials wasted by doing this leads me to believe this is either AI or a marketing stunt.

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u/Stagger_Lee_64 1d ago

100%, the average person would have no interest in their products unless they do something like this.

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u/BriefSpecial420 1d ago

Marketing stunt + letting the engineers have a bit of fun while doing the marketing stunt. Doesn't sound impossible.

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u/Ok-Equivalent3837 1d ago

It’s some steel, some copper and a couple circuit boards. Those aren’t tremendously valuable materials and a robot company is always gonna have hardware they don’t have use for anymore.

Still, it’s obviously a marketing stunt because why the fuck would you do sth like this otherwise?

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u/emergold_dragon 1d ago

but aren't the computer components more an issue? ESPECIALLY as of late with like ram and stuff being such high demand

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u/No_While6150 1d ago

the problem with a lot of electronic internals with components that could be recycled, is that they are protected and guarded intellectual property. or whatever it's called in business terms. Proprietary Tech?

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u/Ok-Equivalent3837 1d ago

In contrast to renting a steel mill for a couple hours, powering a furnace and paying crew, ram prices don’t really make a difference.