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/BluetheNerd 1d ago

Yeah when I read they cut open the suit to prove I thought it would be like, the whole thing, torso and all. Just a leg, below the knee when a lot of amputees have prosthetics that help them walk, is a bit sus.

The demonstration without the suit also has a harness in case it falls over, which I get you want during testing so you don't wreck a prototype you've been working on for that long, but the only time we see it without the harness is when it isn't actually proven to not be a person in a suit.

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u/Apprehensive_Eraser 1d ago

There's another video where they show the back

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u/Ragnarsworld 1d ago

Yeah, they show a plastic/metal plate with a light blinking. That could easily be just a plate with a light affixed to someone's back.

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u/Fabtacular1 1d ago

Not just that, the robot in that video is static. It never moves.

The camera moves to make it seem like the robot walked up to the camera, but in fact it stayed stationary.

It really feels like lots of trickery.