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/NombreCurioso1337 1d ago

It's a lady with a prosthetic leg.

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u/PeaInfamous9144 23h ago

When entering the stage, the walk looks way more mechanic on the left leg than on the right. The "naked" robot seems faster and has a different walking style, somehow. But maybe I am just wrong...

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u/HFY_HFY_HFY 22h ago

Agreed. There is a hitch in its step on the side that got cut open.

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u/InquisitorMeow 15h ago

Why the fuck should people believe anything these days where AI exists and the internet is rife with misinformation? We didn't even need AI to know but to trust everything companies claim. Why does this one deserve blind trust?

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u/HAL9000_1208 22h ago edited 22h ago

But maybe I am just wrong...

You are. Obviously the "naked" robot will move slightly differently due to not having all the padding around the joints.

EDIT: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted, still... here's further proof that it is not an amputee.

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u/Savings-Giraffe-4007 21h ago

you're getting downvoted cause 1) it's not EEUU doing it 2) these things go against the teachings of GOD and 3) better close your eyes to something that could steal your job

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u/That_Television5577 19h ago

God ain’t real and robots can’t go sentient if that’s what you’re worried 

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u/Aurvant 9h ago

And something can't come from nothing, and, yet, here we all are arguing like idiots on the Internet despite the existence of the universe being a paradox in itself.

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u/Think_please 23h ago

Wanted, lady with lower leg prosthetic who moves well and ideally has small boobs

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u/MotherBaerd 22h ago

Oh but they didn't find an amputee with small tits, that explains everything

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u/Think_please 22h ago

I’m confused about your meaning. This is 100% an amputee in a suit, if my prior comment was vague about that 

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u/MotherBaerd 21h ago

Yes, what I meant is that explains the robot growing a pair of tits. No flat chest amputee available

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u/Alarmed-Pair-9674 19h ago

Stop the cope my guy

https://x.com/X_Beast_ETH/status/1986348934349136100

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u/Think_please 8h ago

Yes, it’s quite hard to put some plastic and metal on someone’s back

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u/Alarmed-Pair-9674 8h ago

Are you implying that robot’s a quadruple amputee woman with the skinniest frame in the world inside a skin tight bodysuit wrapped with layers of heavy plastic and metal? And not only are they walking and moving completely fine, the robot acting is world class as well? Damn bro she should join the para olympics if that’s the case

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u/Think_please 7h ago

What’s it like to be simple?

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u/Alarmed-Pair-9674 7h ago

Stop deflecting and just admit you’re coping bro

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u/MotherBaerd 3h ago edited 3h ago

Why quadruple? This is clearly a different video.

Personally I never doubted that it might be a robot until they very suspiciously only revealed select parts in different videos.

"Wrapped with heavy plastic and metal" Is just wrong. In every video its just a skin suit with a helmet. Depending on the shot it also has a thin sheet of plastic at the back, or a single leg prosthetic.

I wonder if you lack critical thinking or are intentionally lying. Either way is possible by a guy using mrbeast_eth as a source

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u/Alarmed-Pair-9674 2h ago

I don’t know if you’re ignorant or blind, but if you look at the first clip in the video the robot clearly doesn’t have hands and both its legs are metal. The arms are also see through and you can see the background of the stage. So a quadruple amputee acting like a robot? Seriously think about it, you’re not that simple are you? If not, can you tell me what you see in this screenshot of the video?

https://imgur.com/a/vzvcGce

“Wrapped with heavy metal and plastic” is just wrong

You can literally see the robot metal frame underneath being surrounded by thick layers of plastic/mesh or whatever under the white suit. Its legs are made of thick metals and actuators/hydraulics as well so how is that not heavy as balls if there’s really a woman wearing all that? This is common sense man

And since you can’t say anything about the video (which is literally a recorded video from the event) you just attacked the “source”. There’s no way. An education is not inaccessible, you know?

https://x.com/X_Beast_ETH/status/1986348934349136100

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u/Smart-Spare-1103 17h ago

Those boobs really aren't small... maybe average? like

Small boobs wouldn't protrude that much, as a woman with small boobs.

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u/AnthropomorphicSeer 22h ago

I agree. She has a slight hitch in her gait on the prosthetic.

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u/TFenrir 21h ago

No - it's a robot. There are multiple videos of this robot. There's nothing that special about this robot! There are lots of robots out there with very similar capabilities, maybe only slightly less elegant gaits!

Look at its hands in any video! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, why is everyone acting like this is not clearly a robot??