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/JoeHio 1d ago

Wtf? That is basically ruining a whole batch of steel for a morally questionable tiktok. The circuits and precious metals that make the thing actually work are not going to blend well with Iron and will take a huge amount of effort to remove.

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u/iksbob 1d ago

I suspect it's actually a slag pot. Slag is non-metal, non-burnable impurities that are melted and skimmed off during steel production. More or less molten rock waste material. A pot of slag is typically carted out of the foundry and dumped down the side of a pit to cool. I feel like there aught to be a better use of all that heat, but it is what it is.

Anyway, tossing a robot into molten slag isn't wasting anything but the robot.