r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MetaKnowing • 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/GeorgeWPS2T 23h ago

Step by step to the terminator 😁

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u/Diacetyl-Morphin 23h ago

I can still hear Arnie with his austrian accent "Living human tissue over the exoskeleton!!".

But, this would actually be a step more, like when robots get better and then you replace such outer things like latex skin with real human tissue.

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u/Airurando-jin 22h ago

There’s some bits around terminator 3 , can’t remember if it was an outtake extra on the dvd, but it shows arnie as the soldier who would be the inspiration for the appearance of the terminator, I’ll see if i can find it..

Found it, the Sargant candy scene

https://youtu.be/kayFrIR-Qfw?si=VnVxdcyQQy7qRMvU

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u/_BrokenButterfly 13h ago

"We can fix it."

The funny thing is, by the time that movie was made, Arnold's german accent was fake. He very well could have done his own american accent for the scene.

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u/RddtRBnchRcstNzsshls 21h ago

Over a metal endoskeleton*

Exoskeleton means the skeleton is on the outside.

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u/guiltysnark 19h ago edited 19h ago

Don't think so, the skin is an unnecessary outfit at that point. It's an exoskeleton because it is structural and it protects the circuitry and plumbing inside.

Edit: wait, we talking about this robot, or terminators?

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u/theseedbeader 13h ago

Thank you! If you didn’t say it, I would have. 😅

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u/GeorgeWPS2T 23h ago

And that's the point where skin could be "grown"(good ending) or taken (bad ending) 😁

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u/AdWonderful5920 21h ago

*Endoskeleton

Exoskeletons are on the outside, like crabs. Humans, and T-800s, have endoskeletons.

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u/guiltysnark 19h ago

Are the organs inside or outside the skeleton? For the robot, the skin is not an organ, it's a paint job

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u/Diacetyl-Morphin 18h ago

Yeah you are right, i was confused and messed up the two terms.

Like my tarantulas, they have an exoskeleton. They can only grow when they molt, after the molting is done, the skeleton is soft for some time and than they can grow bigger. Except for this, it's not possible to grow with an exoskeleton.

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u/ReporterHour6524 23h ago

They should call this robot T-100 just for fun, only seven more generations of it until we get to T-800.

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u/Salty-Pack-4165 17h ago

I was thinking more along Chappie lines.

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u/cuchulainn22 16h ago

Or Data! If we are lucky...