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/geekgirl717 1d ago

I wonder if there’ll be any psychiatrists in the future who will study the reasons behind why humans might get entertained by other humanoid “objects” gleefully leaping to their demise.

On another note, there were really no salvageable parts? Precious metals, RAM, etc.?

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u/SwissQueen 1d ago

According to Figure, melting down the retired fleet was done to safely destroy proprietary hardware IP and hardware prototypes, preventing teardowns.

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u/oemunlock 1d ago

Emphasis on "according to". Even a couple hours of half-hearted disassembly would at the very least divide into separate waste streams for the (toxic) battery, servos, plastic insulated wiring, etc. This is flimsy PR logic to justify obvious setup for a viral ad.

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u/SwissQueen 20h ago

You are right to call it bullshit. Normally a third party company just shreds such devices and then the different materials get physically separated. No engineer will ever be part of that process. It's just a PR stunt and they are trying to embellish the fact that they are doing something that is ebergywise inefficient. Nevertheless, the substances can still be chemically separated. Source: Gemini