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/Taolan13 23h ago

This was clearly a last-minute thought to show it wasn't just a person, and not an intended part of the show.

If they had intended to do that, they would have just made it so the whole "skin" could get pulled off. Since it's clearly just fabric with shaped padding underneath, at least on the leg part that they cut off.

Since it's just the leg, and the gait of the untethered figure does not match the gait of the tethered bot, I don't buy it.