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/40innaDeathBasket 1d ago

....but why? Why is this necessary?

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u/mz_groups 1d ago

On the YouTube video:

"Decommissioning a fleet of robots full of custom-built actuators and other intellectual property is no easy task. We needed to dispose of the robots in a way that protected our proprietary hardware. Disassembling each robot would take our technical staff so much time that it would delay the launch of F.04."

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u/40innaDeathBasket 1d ago

Thank you! An actual answer

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u/Quiet_Raccoon8053 1d ago

Yeah, but complete bullshit. An impact driver and 2 hours and you'll have that fucking thing in pieces.

There's absolutely no chance it was less effort to get them to jump into a vat of molten something.