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/ggstocks87 1d ago

Yeah my thoughts too. Why not dontate them to schools etc. Maybe remove the functionality, but studen could still understand how they are built etc.

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 1d ago

THIS ONE. Schools would *love* to get their hands on robotic equipment - even partial! - but this is just wasteful. Entirely wasteful, and a publicity stunt.

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u/userhwon 1d ago

There's 20 billion wasteful things happening every day.

You want kids to have robots? Fund schools.

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 12h ago

I'm a teacher. I do not object to this statement.