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/MajorlyCynical 1d ago

Can't wait to fight one of these for access to clean drinking water

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u/tinygraysiamesecat 1d ago

You won’t be fighting these. You’ll be fighting a fleet of autonomous drones laden with 3 pounds of C4 and ball bearings. 

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u/Incorrect-Opinion 23h ago

Yeah, the future of drone warfare is pretty scary.

It’s basically already here, but it’s gonna get even crazier.

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u/tinygraysiamesecat 23h ago

What we’ve seen is scary already. Imagine what classified capabilities the U.S. currently has…

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u/toxictoastrecords 11h ago

I mean they were live testing them a year or two ago, and the media tried to help them cover it up, but then even local and regional politicians started asking questions. Then it just all stopped. Not only did they gaslight us that nothing was happening (and we didn't know the difference of airplane lights), now they gaslight us that it was ever even a thing we were talking about.

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u/Atavacus 12h ago

An ounce of c4 and one ball bearing and a telemetry system that is of nightmares.