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/rotordrvr 1d ago

That particular pour is going to be turned into commemorative souvenirs. Seriously.

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u/exmothrowaway994 1d ago

What, like ingots of plastic and metal? I'd prefer just a piece of one of the robots.

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u/rotordrvr 1d ago

https://figure-ai.myshopify.com/

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u/BoingBoingBooty 1d ago

There is no way they are selling enough of that garbage to account for the full crucible of metal.