Posted on 12/26/2023 11:46:37 AM PST by Red Badger
Screenshot: Tesla/Youtube
A robotic malfunction at Tesla’s Giga Texas factory resulted in a violent encounter where an engineer was attacked by one of the company’s robots, resulting in significant injuries and leaving a ‘trail of blood.’
According to the Daily Mail, while working on software programming for non-functional Tesla robots, the engineer was suddenly pinned against a surface by a robot tasked with manipulating aluminum car components, with its metal claws inflicted an injury that left an ‘open wound’ on the worker’s left hand.
“Two of the robots, which cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum, were disabled so the engineer and his teammates could safely work on the machines. A third one, which grabbed and moved the car parts, was inadvertently left operational, according to two people who watched it happen. As that robot ran through its normal motions, it pinned the engineer against a surface, pushing its claws into his body and drawing blood from his back and his arm, the two people said,” The Information reported.
Quick action was taken by Tesla workers who intervened and triggered the emergency shutdown button to halt the malfunctioning robot and prevent further injury to the engineer.
This incident came to light through a 2021 injury report filed to Travis County and federal regulators, which Daily Mail reviewed. Tesla is legally required to report such incidents to ensure the continuation of state-provided tax incentives.
Despite claims by Tesla that the engineer did not require time off following the event, an attorney representing the factory’s contract laborers suggests otherwise. Evidence hints at possible underreporting of workplace accidents, casting doubt on the official records.
Document from Tesla obtained by Daily Mail
Daily Mail reported:
The injury report, which Tesla must submit to authorities by law to maintain its lucrative tax breaks in Texas, claimed the engineer did not require time off of work.
But one attorney who represents Tesla’s Giga Texas contract workers has told DailyMail.com she believes, based on her conversations with workers there, that the amount of injuries suffered at the factory is going underreported.
This underreporting, the attorney said, even included the September 28, 2021 death of a construction worker, who had been contracted to help build the factory itself.
‘My advice would be to read that report with a grain of salt,’ the attorney, Hannah Alexander of the nonprofit Workers Defense Project, told DailyMail.com.
‘We’ve had multiple workers who were injured,’ Alexander said, ‘and one worker who died, whose injuries or death are not in these reports that Tesla is supposed to be accurately completing and submitting to the county in order to get tax incentives.’
Elon Musk has yet to issue a formal statement in response to these allegations.
Just recently, Tesla revealed the second generation of its humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2.
Optimus Gen 2 stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches and weighs in at a light 121 pounds, shedding 22 pounds from the first model. It’s not just its frame that’s been upgraded; this robot can reach speeds up to 5 mph, which is a substantial 30% increase in velocity.
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When such injuries take place, who does the victim look toward as far as guilt is concerned?
Can you outrun a Zombie? YES!
Can a zombie outrun a Tesla robot? YES!
Himself.......................
Because AI is not human and has no awareness of what it is doing. Designers are too stupid to realize this and to attempt to program into it a “what the hell am I doing” module that will constantly monitor the actions of the AI, evaluate them, and determine if the action must be stopped.
The stuff nightmares are made from.
... or if you’re a lawyer:
The stuff dreams are made from!.................
I’ll be back
Yup!
What are you doing Dave?.
I dont think the headline writer read the article either. This was not an “attack” but merely an industrial accident where a programmed machine did its function while in the wrong position or when a human limb/appendage was where it was not supposed to be. Certainly not an attack under the volition of the robot. This was a scare headline designed to promote clicks from people fearful of robots and AI. This robot has very limited AI to do a simple mundane task of moving a cut part from Point A to Point B, turn it and put it into an assembly. Nothing more happened here than someone was not paying attention.
The money line is the headline. Facts, not so much.
“Aspiring rapper turning his life around.”
I knew they were Amish.
We have seen this movie.
Clearly Headline should have started with: “BOOM!”.
I thought the story was from the Babylon Bee.
Their stories and reality are becoming the same.
West World stuff—lol.
It begins!
“There obviously needs to be a safety stop in the software to cover this situation where there is no ‘metal’ to be worked upon..............”
The Three Laws of Robotics
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