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AI robot company melts old fleet in molten steel vat

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Robotics company Figure has decommissioned its older F.02 AI robots by melting them in a 75-ton vat of molten steel, a process inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The company opted for this dramatic method due to the difficulty and time consumption of disassembling robots with proprietary technology. The robots were sent to a facility in Finland for the process, with the resulting metal recycled into limited-edition memorabilia. AI

IMPACT Minimal direct impact on AI operations; serves as a symbolic end-of-life for older hardware.

RANK_REASON The event described is a dramatic decommissioning of robots, inspired by a movie franchise and involving a celebrity suggestion, rather than a core AI development or industry-significant event.

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AI robot company melts old fleet in molten steel vat

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jowi Morales ·

    AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel

    AI Robotics company Figure found a creative way of decommissioning its old F.02 fleet without having to allocate resources for difficult and time-consuming disassembly.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel AI Robotics company Figure found a creative way of decommissioning

    AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel AI Robotics company Figure found a creative way of decommissioning its old F.02 fleet without having to allocate resources for difficult and time-consuming disassembly. https://www. toms…

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