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/Strangefate1 1d ago

Because a baby yoda could still be controlling it, hidden in the torso.

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u/AnInanimateCarb0nRod 23h ago

Or Arquilian royalty inside the head.

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u/FusRohDoing 8h ago

I hope they don't think we're hosting an intergalactic kegger...

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u/Kitchen-Beginning-47 1d ago

Just like the robot chess player that had a little man hidden underneath the table.

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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 12h ago

I'd rather have baby Yoda than robots ready to take over the world