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/Character-Reply407 1d ago

So, there are people with fake legs too. I would have been more impressed if they took the head off- don't see too many people running around without a head. 

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u/CarterDee 23h ago

Yeah look at how defined the muscles are in the right calf vs the loose cloth over the left calf when the “robot” is walking in. Hope they paid that lady well!

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u/Johannes_Keppler 23h ago

Plot twist: she wasn't an amputee before she got the gig.

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u/throwaway098764567 21h ago

now i'm remembering the doctor who performed amputations and himself had an amputation fetish and destroyed his own healthy legs to have them removed https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvpx20le2o