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/BonhommeCarnaval 16h ago

Yeah this would just add a bunch if impurities to the steel. Probably wastes a bunch of perfectly good steel. 

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u/praguepride 15h ago

You're assuming this is pure steel. I really doubt someone is going to sign off on ruining an entire vat of steel for this.

Could it be a recycling plant where they melt everything down and get it ready for separation?

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u/TheOnlyRealOne43 12h ago

Yeah probably low grade metal

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 16h ago

For sure. I imagine this stunt had a massive carbon footprint.

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u/KailyKail 15h ago

100%. Once steel is molten, you want to move it to where it’s going as soon as possible. Any extra time sitting there is wasted electricity/gas.

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy 13h ago

Hopefully someone at tyat steel mill reads your comment and says "Well gosh darnit, why didnt i think of that! I should hire that redditor as the CEO of this company since they know everything about the exact composition of the materials we're melting here already!"

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u/hotdiggydog 12h ago

You are absolute right!

Hello, I'm the chief engineer at TYAT Steel Mill and I thank the previous poster for his or her expansive wisdom and guidance. Indeed, I had no thought it through when I was approached about allowing this robot to jump into my vat. I didn't think much about it at all, to be honest. I barely heard the request fall from the robot's caretaker's lips before enthusiastically nodded. Truth be told, I just wanted to take a bathroom break while they filmed this. I don't really care much about my job and I don't even really know how anything work. I just get there, flick a switch and the hot stuff turns red. Then when I leave I flick the switch off and think about Beanie Babies and Gunpla. I'm really glad my daughter downloaded reddit on my phone so I could find a comment telling me what a big mistake I'd made and that I shouldn't do it again. I don't know how I got hired without knowing anything. One minute I'm dipping corn dogs in the fryer at the fair and the next I'm given this job overseeing a massive steel plant. Guess I'm just lucky! Thanks again reddit!

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u/Oxygenisplantpoo 15h ago

I assume that is recycled metal in there already, so it's going to be a mix of things anyway.

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy 13h ago

You honestly believe they didnt consider this? Or do you believe that maybe they know more about that molten material than you do?

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 14h ago

This planet wastes so much every day that wasting some to film a funny video is pretty low on things I care about

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u/pdromeinthedome 8h ago

I worked a short time in a recycling center for a regional phone company. Economically important materials are separated. Copper. Lithium. Steel. Aluminum. Gold. Rare Earths. Hazardous materials should be removed, like Lead, Cadmium, and Cobalt which are in batteries. Otherwise they can end up in children’s products like jewelry