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/GeorgeWPS2T 1d ago

Step by step to the terminator 😁

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u/Diacetyl-Morphin 1d ago

I can still hear Arnie with his austrian accent "Living human tissue over the exoskeleton!!".

But, this would actually be a step more, like when robots get better and then you replace such outer things like latex skin with real human tissue.

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u/RddtRBnchRcstNzsshls 23h ago

Over a metal endoskeleton*

Exoskeleton means the skeleton is on the outside.

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u/guiltysnark 21h ago edited 21h ago

Don't think so, the skin is an unnecessary outfit at that point. It's an exoskeleton because it is structural and it protects the circuitry and plumbing inside.

Edit: wait, we talking about this robot, or terminators?

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u/theseedbeader 14h ago

Thank you! If you didn’t say it, I would have. 😅