A man in South Korea was crushed to death by a robot that may have mistaken him for a box, according to reports.
The victim, a worker in his 40s, was inspecting the robot's sensor at a vegetable-packaging plant on Tuesday when the incident took place. The warehouse is located in South Gyeongsand province, a region in the south of the country.
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Phlogiston@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
“He had been sent to the plant to examine whether the machine was working properly.”
It doesn’t sound like it was
Phlogiston@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
“One report suggested that the man may have moved near the robot with a box in his hands, which could have triggered the machine’s reaction.”
Seems like a dumb way to check though.
Hedup@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
Is it not customary to turn off the robot before inspecting it?
De4dSpace@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Snake? Snake? Snaaake!
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
And so it begins.
djsoren19@yiffit.net · 3 pts · 2y
Accident, or the first of many cyberpunk murders?
Furedadmins@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Do not trust the pusher robot.
Pretzilla@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Salamendacious@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Multipass!
aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 2y
This reminds me of South Park when the Amazon union guy gets stuffed in a box lol