{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a6fc989386f634ed12fc6820","clusterId":"c_34d9284cdff1570d5e1963c4","slug":"figure-melts-retired-figure-02-in-finnish-blast-furnace-on-schwarzenegger-s-suggestion","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Figure Melts Retired Figure 02 In Finnish Blast Furnace On Schwarzenegger's Suggestion","summary":"Figure disposed of its Figure 02 humanoid robot in a 75-ton electric arc furnace at a foundry in Imatra, Finland, after Arnold Schwarzenegger replied \"Melt it\" to CEO Brett Adcock's August 20, 2026 post asking what to do with the retired machine. The crew had 24 hours and 6 melting cycles, with roughly 20 minutes of filmable time per cycle. Schwarzenegger appears in the video beside the furnace. Metal from the melt was made into commemorative items.","whyItMatters":"Figure turned the retirement of an obsolete robot into branded entertainment, and Schwarzenegger's one-word reply is what set the disposal's location, staging, and commemorative merchandise in motion.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe melt happened at a foundry in Imatra, Finland, after Figure said no foundry it contacted in the U.S. or Mexico would put a lithium-ion battery equipped robot into its equipment. Filming ran on a tight schedule: 24 hours, 6 melting cycles, and about 20 minutes per cycle before the surface of the molten steel began to solidify.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe video follows the scene it borrows from. Figure 02 grips a chain and descends into the furnace as the Terminator 2 theme plays, a staff member in a heat-resistant suit works the remote control, and the suit comes off to reveal Schwarzenegger, who offers a thumbs-up and says, \u0026#34;Hasta la vista, Figure 02.\u0026#34; Figure says the robot trained the dive by jumping from the second floor of headquarters onto a large airbag. Metal from the melt was processed into commemorative items carrying serial numbers reading 01/50.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Figure had 24 hours and 6 melting cycles at the Imatra foundry, roughly 20 filmable minutes each. Schwarzenegger appearing beside the furnace for the shot turned a disposal into a directed scene.","twitterPost":"Figure had 24 hours and 6 melting cycles in Imatra, about 20 filmable minutes each. Schwarzenegger standing by the furnace was the shot.","threadsPost":"Figure's crew had 24 hours and 6 melting cycles at the Imatra foundry, roughly 20 filmable minutes per cycle. Schwarzenegger appearing beside the furnace is what turned a disposal into a directed scene. The commemorative items made from the melt are the merch layer of the same joke.","newsletterBlurb":"Figure disposed of its retired Figure 02 humanoid robot by melting it in a 75-ton electric arc furnace at a foundry in Imatra, Finland. The idea traces to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who replied \"Melt it\" when CEO Brett Adcock asked on August 20, 2026 what to do with the machine. Schwarzenegger appears in the resulting video, which restages the Terminator 2 ending, and metal from the melt was processed into commemorative items.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261005-figure-02-decommission/\",\"title\":\"AI Robot Company Figure, at Arnold Schwarzenegger's Suggestion, Sends Old Robot Models into a Blast Furnace, Fully Recreating the Famous Scene from \\\"Terminator 2\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4751,"outputTokens":754,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791263228,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T05:03:48.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T05:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T05:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_34d9284cdff1570d5e1963c4","canonicalTitle":"AIロボット企業・Figureがアーノルド・シュワルツェネッガーの提案で旧型ロボットを溶鉱炉へ、「ターミネーター2」の名場面を完全再現","representativeArticleId":"a_045c9f777ddf543d48884e07","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Terminator 2: Judgment Day\"],\"studios\":[\"Figure\"],\"people\":[\"Arnold Schwarzenegger\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T02:06:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T02:06:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T05:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261005-figure-02-decommission/","title":"AIロボット企業・Figureがアーノルド・シュワルツェネッガーの提案で旧型ロボットを溶鉱炉へ、「ターミネーター2」の名場面を完全再現"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Terminator 2: Judgment Day"],"studios":["Figure"],"people":["Arnold Schwarzenegger"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}