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Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea
bbc ^
Posted on 11/08/2023 6:26:01 AM PST by BenLurkin
The robotic arm, confusing the man for a box of vegetables, grabbed him and pushed his body against the conveyer belt, crushing his face and chest...
According to Yonhap, the robot was responsible for lifting boxes of peppers and transferring them onto pallets.
The man had been checking the robot's sensor operations ahead of its test run at the pepper sorting plant in South Gyeongsang province, scheduled for 8 November, the agency adds, quoting police.
The test had been originally been planned for 6 November, but was pushed back by two days due to problems with the robot's sensor.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: robot; robots
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:26:01 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:27:26 AM PST
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
To: BenLurkin
yikes!!! Peter Piper died by being picked as a pack of peppers.
Sorry, too soon?
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:29:11 AM PST
by
BigFreakinToad
(Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
To: BenLurkin
“The man had been checking the robot’s sensor operations “ So it did not pass the checks.
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:29:31 AM PST
by
pas
To: BenLurkin
Robot confuses man with a box of vegetables?
Did this happen in the White House...in the Oval Office, perhaps?
If so, it sounds like this robot made an honest mistake.
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:30:54 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
To: BenLurkin
Oh, I just thought those were 8 billion vegetable boxes!
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:31:15 AM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: BenLurkin
We are all just boxes of fruit to our robot overlords.
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:32:11 AM PST
by
HYPOCRACY
(This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
To: pas
Shake (robotic) hands with danger.
Think of the old CAT safety film.
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:32:27 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: BenLurkin
It would seem the introduction of some heat/infrared sensors on these picker-bots is in order.
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:32:38 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.)
To: BenLurkin
Design defect.
A robot should be able to exert enough force to do it’s particular task, and not a pound more.
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:35:54 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
To: BenLurkin
Does the robot NORMALLY press boxes of peppers against a conveyer belt with enough pressure to crush a human face and chest?
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:39:07 AM PST
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:42:31 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: BenLurkin
The man had been checking the robot's sensor operations ahead of its test run at the pepper sorting plant ... It failed....................
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:43:23 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
We are going to have to make some very hard decisions about robots.
True to form, we are trying to put off these decisions.
We have reached that point in time where robots will be given the option to kill humans.
Look at Ukraine.
Robots must not be allowed to kill humans.
What a goddamn mess.
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:45:53 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: BenLurkin
Sounds like a lockout/tagout violation. Safety first!
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:47:45 AM PST
by
NavyShoe
To: BobL
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:48:39 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
('Build Back Better' is a Bidenskyyyyyyism for 'we gotta get rid of all dem white peoples'.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/08/2023 6:50:01 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Charge the robot with at least manslaughter.
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posted on
11/08/2023 7:00:12 AM PST
by
kabar
To: Brooklyn Attitude
Only when the boxes push back?
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posted on
11/08/2023 7:01:55 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: kabar
Hope the robot gets a good lawyer.
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posted on
11/08/2023 7:03:47 AM PST
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny )
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