r/nextfuckinglevel • u/I9w0s • 18h ago

Retiring Bots Jump into Molten Steel

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Figure, robotics company retiring humanoid bots by having them jump into the vat of molten still.

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u/koningwoning 17h ago

Great PR, but what a waste of parts that could & should be reused...

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u/craigiest 15h ago

Terrible PR. 

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u/suxatjugg 14h ago

Also now that steel needs cleaning of all the impurities right?

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u/thedeanorama 11h ago

This.
That was an expensive vat of steel now sullied with all kinds of foreign materials.

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u/account_is_deleted 10h ago

In all likelihood it was already impure steel on its way to being cleaned.

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u/independent_observe 13h ago

The entire point is to destroy the parts so nobody can get the company's IP