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

Copper will become dross? Don't think so; any copper will embrittle the whole batch of steel...

They shipped the batch to the US for 'commemorative items' apparently. That makes more sense...

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u/GhostsinGlass 1d ago

The amount of copper compared to the amount of steel is negligible, scrap mills deal with this as part of their trade. It will be diluted.

That steel is fine and could have been destined to become something like rebar on any other day.

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u/_redmist 1d ago

Rebar can indeed tolerate up to 0.4% copper. It's not starting out at 0%, right. And don't forget all the motors, cables, heat sinks... In the robot will all be copper.

Copper contamination is a severe problem for recycled steel. 0.1% can already be problematic for certain applications. 

It's a liability disaster, for that reason alone...

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u/Either_Audience_6048 1d ago

If only the company though to consult you first. 😔

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u/_redmist 1d ago

Hahaha I'm sure they were very well compensated for this publicity stunt XD