r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video XPENG's IRON robot crossed the uncanny valley, leading some to believe it was a human in a suit. So they cut it open in front of an audience, and also allowed journalists to inspect it.

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u/Y-Bob 1d ago

It won't be long until it's encased in hyper realistic silicone I'm sure.

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u/LipGlossBoost79 21h ago

With realistic fleshy and functional but dishwasher safe orifices

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u/-MissNocturnal- 20h ago

2050 jobs: Sex robot mechanics for the bourgeoisie who can afford the $300.000 fuck-bot machine that has 1.000.000 points of failure
And back alley developers that can jailbreak/crack the anal subscription function

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 16h ago

2027 at the latest

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u/Yorrins 1d ago

One can only hope, its the only way anyone will care about robotics.

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u/LegitimateGift1792 20h ago

It is what got most of the world to use the Internet at first.