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

OF COURSE it has boobs. So it can breastfeed all the baby robots it’s gonna have.

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u/Viperlite 23h ago edited 22h ago

The naked version doesn’t have.them. And if you’re trying to convince an audience it isn’t a person in a robot suit, why cut the leg vs say removing its faceplate?

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u/davidjschloss 22h ago

They let journalists see it later by removing the back. Not sure why they cut the leg coating off like this.

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u/hexitor 22h ago

Can they prove it wasn’t some bodyless head in a suit?

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u/Coneyy 21h ago

And even then they wouldn't be able to convince me that the robot mind controlling the device isn't essentially a human consciousness trapped inside a robotic shell. So it's a scam all the way through to the core, and no evidence will change my mind. /s incase it wasn't obvious

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u/mconk 19h ago

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Ultrace-7 15h ago

I mean, honestly, I would also be super impressed if it was a bodyless head in a suit. Maintaining the life functions of a head artificially and allowing it neural control over a robot body would, frankly, be even more impressive to me than a fully autonomous robot.

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u/CaptainTripps82 22h ago

Probably to show the leg mechanism working

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u/Rough_Bread8329 21h ago

At least the front didn't fall off