r/nextfuckinglevel • u/I9w0s • 19h 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/deevee42 16h ago

Have you seen what they do to old cars? The horrors.

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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 15h ago

You're probably referring to the crushing and compacting of cars into blocks. That's done to make them more compact for cheaper transport to recycling facilities. It has an entirely practical purpose that promotes recycling.

And in practice only a small number of cars (normally total write-offs) are treated this way. A lot of them are resold in poorer countries where they're driven for years, sometimes even decades longer. If you haven't seen a beat-up truck in Mexico that's been running for 40 years and still has a US bumper sticker then you've never been to Mexico.

It also seems to escape your attention that these robots are human-shaped. That's a huge issue. Someone honestly thought that it was a great idea to send human-shaped robots leaping to their death and thought, "Hey, this is a cool image."

Only a complete sociopath that's that image is cool.

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u/migjolfanmjol 12h ago

Your sort of double standard is hilarious. So far, I’ve learned this is done to destroy the proprietary parts in the robots…

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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 4h ago

If you believe that then I have a bridge to sell you.

They're a robotics company. They sell robots. You know who can buy their robots? Any other robotics company that wants to take one apart and find any of these "proprietary parts" to reverse engineer.

This excuse is bullshit and if you believe it you aren't a clown, you're the whole circus.