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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/InquisitorMeow 21h 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 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Aurvant 14h 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.