The American company Figure organized the process of smelting its outdated humanoid robots, model Figure 02. These robots were sent to a metallurgical plant located in the Finnish city of Imatra.
According to information posted on the startup's official website, the robots jumped into an electric arc furnace filled with molten metal. The company also released video footage demonstrating this smelting process, where the androids perform a somersault before falling into the liquid metal.
One of the robots was lowered using a crane, mimicking a famous scene from the ending of the film 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day,' where the T-800 robot asks to be smelted to destroy technologies that could lead to the emergence of 'Skynet.' The idea of this disposal method was proposed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor who played the role of T-800, who left a comment on the social media platform X under a post by the head of Figure, asking his followers about the best way to dispose of old robots.