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Robot Goes Rogue at Shenzhen Fair, Injures Bystander
sixth tone ^ | 19 Nov 2016 | Zhang Liping and Li Xueqing

Posted on 11/19/2016 7:22:01 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

A robot went out of control at a technology fair in southern China’s Guangdong province Thursday, smashing a glass window and injuring a visitor....

An employee at Shenzhen Spreadview Century told Sixth Tone by phone that the staffer tried to pick up the robot, but that Fabo’s weight — 25 kilograms — was too much to handle, and the operator accidentally pushed the wrong button. Fabo’s automatic mode was turned off, which meant it could not avoid collisions by itself, he said... . The company had visited the injured person in the hospital and had paid compensation, the statement added.

(Excerpt) Read more at sixthtone.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: china; robotgonewild; robotics; robots
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Hear the wailing and weeping? That is from the U.S. attorneys unable to sue.
1 posted on 11/19/2016 7:22:01 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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Smashing windows and injuring someone. Maybe they can replace all those paid human anarchist snowflakes “protesting” because they may have to pay for their own college.


2 posted on 11/19/2016 7:24:38 AM PST by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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3 posted on 11/19/2016 7:25:40 AM PST by KC_Lion (Trump's Iowa Class Battleships have come within striking distance of Hillary shores and opened fire.)
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And by all means....let’s have self driving cars and tractor trailers. /S


4 posted on 11/19/2016 7:26:04 AM PST by lysie (Jessi , I am. I'm not Lisa.)
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5 posted on 11/19/2016 7:27:54 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Good morning President Trump)
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All of this has happened before and will happen again.


6 posted on 11/19/2016 7:34:13 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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To: freedumb2003

“You have 30seconds to comply…”


7 posted on 11/19/2016 7:47:44 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Apparently “I, Robot” was never translated into Mandarin.


8 posted on 11/19/2016 7:48:35 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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One of the funniest movies ever. “More Input. MORE Innnputt”!


9 posted on 11/19/2016 7:51:54 AM PST by miele man
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Headline wrong. It was the employee who pushed the wrong button.


10 posted on 11/19/2016 7:56:43 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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It sounds like the robot worked correctly, and “gone rogue” is an impressive exaggeration...^)

...The person operating Fabo hit the “forward” button instead of “reverse,”...

...the operator accidentally pushed the wrong button. Fabo’s automatic mode was turned off...

But hey, a MSM great anti-robot headline beats out the truth any day.

11 posted on 11/19/2016 8:01:07 AM PST by az_gila
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My bad. I have to admit I didn’t read all. Sorry. Still, the idea of self driving vehicles scare me.


12 posted on 11/19/2016 8:16:18 AM PST by lysie (Jessi , I am. I'm not Lisa.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Fabo the robot


13 posted on 11/19/2016 8:19:47 AM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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Sure, he LOOKS innocent enough. But wait till he gets a few belts of Old Direct Current under his circuit board. Underneath that paste-on smiley face lurks the code of a T2000.


14 posted on 11/19/2016 8:27:34 AM PST by IronJack
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Another lying headline. “goes rogue “
This plays on the delusion of small minds that robots will rebel and then turn against humans.
A robot will do whatever its program tells it to.


15 posted on 11/19/2016 8:40:33 AM PST by I want the USA back (Freedom of speech: an illusion that Americans hold fast to, although it disappeared decades ago.)
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To: KC_Lion

#5 ALIVE!


16 posted on 11/19/2016 8:54:01 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Ciaphas Cain

The pneumatic system on that one is working well!


17 posted on 11/19/2016 8:56:31 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: bgill

Ask any pilot,almost always human error.


18 posted on 11/19/2016 8:58:30 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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One of the funniest movies ever. “More Input. MORE Innnputt”!

I wear flip-up sun lenses and in the stores, for some reason, the small kids stare at me in fascination.

Occasionally I'll catch the parent's eye and I'll say "No. 5 is alive". It goes right over them. :-)

19 posted on 11/19/2016 9:06:40 AM PST by Oatka (Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.)
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20 posted on 11/19/2016 9:28:55 AM PST by Phillyred
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