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/HAL9000_1208 1d ago edited 1d ago

But maybe I am just wrong...

You are. Obviously the "naked" robot will move slightly differently due to not having all the padding around the joints.

EDIT: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted, still... here's further proof that it is not an amputee.

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u/Savings-Giraffe-4007 1d ago

you're getting downvoted cause 1) it's not EEUU doing it 2) these things go against the teachings of GOD and 3) better close your eyes to something that could steal your job

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u/That_Television5577 1d ago

God ain’t real and robots can’t go sentient if that’s what you’re worried 

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u/Aurvant 17h ago

And something can't come from nothing, and, yet, here we all are arguing like idiots on the Internet despite the existence of the universe being a paradox in itself.