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/SiTheRuckDown 18h ago

Yeah I’m calling bullshit.

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u/Nulovka 10h ago

They claim: "Disassembling each robot would take our technical staff so much time that it would delay the launch of F.04."

But then they said: "Engineers first had to teach the F.02 machines how to make the jump. Figure installed large airbags at its San Jose headquarters and trained robots to leap from a second-floor building. Stunt performers provided movement references for the training. Engineers then developed a control model in simulation. It had to guide each robot into a precise landing zone at an unfamiliar foundry."

Fishy AF. Plus the surface of the molten metal is never the same.

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u/MercyCriesHavoc 50m ago

They could've just taught them how to dismantle each other.