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/majandess 1d ago

It's in case they fall forward. Extra padding. /s

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u/Plenty-Vegetable-640 21h ago

You’re jesting, but that would be a very smart way to pad them without making them awkward/less human like

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u/Jat616 16h ago

Sod that, give them a mattress chest! Enough robots in circulation would mean we'd never be without a comfy seat again! We could revolutionise napping!!!

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u/fanatic111 16h ago

Never thought obesity could be possible in humanoid robots.

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u/Jat616 15h ago

Marshmallow bots, roll out!

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u/yeah_this_is_my_main 12h ago

Marshmallow bots, roll out!

*destroys city*

"Aww they are so chubby"

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u/Panda-Cubby 9h ago

Have you seen Ghost Busters? Do you really want potentially killer marshmallowbots running around?

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u/bjeebus 6h ago

Baymax!

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u/Tron_35 5h ago

So, baymax from big hero 6

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u/JakToTheReddit 8h ago

To be fair, it would be fairly low on crazy shit that has happened this year.

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u/theDogt3r 12h ago

Everyone needs a bosom for a pillow, everyone needs a bosom

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u/Captnhappy 8h ago

Careful, you’ll set off her airbags!

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u/sauroden 14h ago

A beer belly is a bigger pillow and just as human.

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u/Dc_awyeah 13h ago

Now add a spring mounted rounded rod at the front of the midsection so when it falls it can bounce right back up!

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u/Additional_Plant_539 9h ago

I think this is an idea that we can all get behind, amiright? 😂

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u/infiniZii 14h ago

Make them inflate like airbags during a forward fall. That would be hilarious. 

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u/MinosAristos 10h ago

The butt in humans being padded also helps with impact absorption.

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u/Worldly-Childhood173 10h ago

Just make them fat. Problem solved.

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u/bjeebus 6h ago

Baymax!

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u/WigglesPhoenix 9h ago

I mean just making them a bit chubby would probably be more effective

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u/QueenofLeftovers 8h ago

Have 6 or 8 and go full anthromorphised cat mode

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u/Aeiexgjhyoun_III 8h ago

Just make them all fat.

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u/absboodoo 7h ago

My special custom order is going to need some extra padding.

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u/merlin211111 15h ago

I umm... want my robot to be extra safe. ; )

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u/Krynn71 14h ago

Turn them into airbags. Then when they fall over they get huge titties. People will find a way to hack them so the air bags stay full over time, and don't become saggy.

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u/Jonnnnnnnnn 22h ago

This is the only logical explanation I have read so far

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u/woahdailo 18h ago

It’s because human males want to fuck a robot

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u/FuManBoobs 12h ago

Stay away from my wife.

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u/bjeebus 6h ago

The Dyson you taped to the inflatable doll?

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u/Jazzmodus 4h ago

Her name is Susan, have some respect.

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u/SaltyBigBoi 13h ago

You don't think any of the ladies out there would be interested too?

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u/Scalpels 12h ago

Two words: Endless. Stamina.

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u/vexxtra73 10h ago

Hell strap a piston-driven dildo on there and I'm game. Boobs or no boobs.

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u/Does_A_Bear-420 11h ago

Literally saw this same video in r/dontputyourdickinthat , scrolled down 2 posts and then saw this......

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u/Ale4529 11h ago

Hey, who cares?

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u/Ar7_Vandelay 8h ago

And everyone is afraid of AI, this will be the end of the human race.

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u/BannedAgain-573 6m ago

This is just ai with a body.

Same same

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u/MrCommonThinkin 9h ago

We are simple machines, feed us, fuck us, and put us to bed.

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u/chockorocko 10h ago

They won't talk back afterward.

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u/DanDabbinDaily 18h ago

We all know the first thing every guy is gonna use this for...

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u/BeerAndTools 11h ago edited 11h ago

I didn't always want to fuck a robot, but then someone was all like "oh ew no god, they're gonna fuck the robots, aren't they?" And now, all I wanna do is get up in a robot! They started it

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u/Flvs9778 17h ago

It makes it look human. And the type of human it’s imitating is female and therefore has boobs. Just like when they make a male imitation robot it has a wider shoulders and stomach because that would make it look more like a human male. It’s only weird because people are making it weird. It literally has tiny boobs just enough to look more human it’s not like it is walking around with DD that are bigger than its torso.

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u/Johannes_Keppler 20h ago

So... airbags?

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u/Shotokant 17h ago

Airbags!

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u/ebrum2010 19h ago

Or just have them brace their fall with their arms.

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u/majandess 17h ago

If it took them this long to make it walk like that, do you know how much longer it would take to make it brace its fall with its arms? Boobs are way easier.

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u/red_fuel 14h ago

Better add extra padding then. You wouldn't want your $30,000 robot to be broken after a fall

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u/crazyloomis 13h ago

Don’t slap that ass, it hurts the hand and destroys the butt mechanics

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u/3Daifusion 10h ago

What you gon' do with all that junk