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Horde of Obsolete Humanoid Robots Made to Hurl Themselves Into Vat of Liquid Steel for Total Obliteration
Figure said the robots were no longer maintainable and sold metal bars from the remains for $500 to $1,900 each.
- AI robotics firm Figure destroyed its fleet of Figure 02 humanoid robots this week in an industrial vat of molten steel at a foundry in Imatra, Finland.
- The robots were no longer maintainable, prompting Figure to destroy them to protect "custom-built actuators and other intellectual property" from leaks; the company adopted the disposal method from Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- A 75-ton electric arc furnace completed the process within "just 24 hours and six melts," with each melt requiring only a 20-minute window before molten steel hardened. Imatra was the only facility accepting the robots due to their lithium-ion batteries.
- Franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger made a cameo, trading a thumbs-up and quipping "Hasta la vista, Figure 02." Figure is selling preorders on metal bars made from the remains at $500 to $1,900 apiece.
- The stunt highlights how rapidly privately-developed humanoid robots are advancing, suggesting today's innovation may soon become tomorrow's pile of junk. CEO Brett Adcock oversaw Figure's decommissioning process amid this accelerating technological pace.
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