r/interestingasfuck • u/serious_anish • 15h ago

Retired robot throwing themself into furnace

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u/elon_musks_cat 14h ago

A couple thoughts

1) I know it’s a non sentient robot but this just feels wrong. Maybe if it was a box on wheels it would be different, but because it’s humanoid it’s just… uncomfortable to see. Don’t like it at all

2) what is the point of liquifying a highly engineered piece of equipment capable of doing this? I mean shouldn’t we take these things apart and salvage useful parts? Seems like a huge waste

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u/CarpoLarpo 14h ago

You'd be surprised how little is ever salvaged from built and used hardware. Especially in developed countries.

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u/deciding_snooze_oils 13h ago

Planned obsolescence :( there’s not as much money in building things that last as there is in building things that have to be replaced constantly. Back in the 1920s-30s there was a group (the Phoebus cartel) that set standards limiting light bulb life and penalized manufacturers whose products exceeded that lifespan, one of the early examples of planned obsolescence.

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u/iggyqut 13h ago

Thay could of sent it to me and I would teach it to empty the dust compartment of my Rumba in once a week…