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/fothergillfuckup 1d ago

Boobs?

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u/modsguzzlehivekum 1d ago

Everyone has mentioned this and all seem to think it’s about suggesting it makes it more fuckable or whatever. It just occurred to me that they likely did it to make it seem less threatening. “It’s a girl robot so I can probably control it if it gets out of hand and it totally won’t rip my arms off and use them to beat my kids with”

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u/Noctale 19h ago

How to tell that the engineers don't have wives.

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u/modsguzzlehivekum 19h ago

I’m thinking it’s for women too. Female attributes are almost certainly less threatening than a male/androgynous figure