Robot grabs then brutally slaughters worker, allegedly mistaking him for a box of paprika

The Blaze ^ | NOVEMBER 10, 2023 | JOSEPH MACKINNON

[deks]

And so it begins...

[Salamander]

/Skynet wept

[Clutch Martin]

Once AI draws blood...

[skr]

Horrible! Prayers for the family! And all who work with machines who can chase them down.

[21twelve]

They should probably adjust the settings for “placing” the container on the belt while they are at it.

I would suggest “lock-out, tag-out” too, but sometimes that is difficult to do when trying to diagnose a problem.

[Libloather]

...just another container of organic material in need of stacking.

It wasn't wrong.

[Openurmind]

And then there is that...

[Openurmind]

“lock-out, tag-out”

Only works until a manager comes along and thinks he is smarter than the operator who tagged it.

See it too many times.

[Kinzua]

They should probably have employed some appropriately configured collision detection on that robot.

[equaviator]

The worst I’ve ever seen was in a video where the operator of an engine lathe (metal) leaned in too close to the spinning chuck and workpiece. It wasn’t pretty and no Hollywood special effects could’ve made it seem so gruesome. Industrial accidents are some of the worst you’ll ever see or hear about, and having even a close call with one can be traumatic.

[tired&retired]

There need to be a few emergency “OFF BUTTONS” on the robot. Kind of like pulling the electrical plug on a computer.

[Ikeon]

Killer robot NOT pictured. the blaze might as well posted a picture of an iphone

[Kinzua]

Normally when working within a robot’s work zone, the technician would use what is called a “dead man’s” switch, which is a type of switch that the operator must press and hold at an intermediate position between fully released and fully pressed to allow robot movement.

[corlorde]

mistaking him for just another container of organic material in need of stacking

As intended.

[DannyTN]

Slaughtering a box of paprika is just wrong!

[Hot Tabasco]

A bunch of years ago at our stamping plant in Detroit, we had an electrician who was killed. He was on a ladder at the back of the press shop, working on an electrical panel, when he was crushed against the wall by a massive overhead crane.

He had failed to lock it out and the crane operator, who was moving a pallet of steel panels, couldn't see him because he was obscured by a stamping press.

[DannyTN]

In other news, several large stacks of Koreans were unharmed.

[Getready]

Knew a man who was killed by elevator while working in the shaft. The story I heard was that he was told that the power was off. It was not.
Legal question...who is responsible for this man’s death. Inventor, designer, builder, programmer, installer, maintenance, or deceased himself?

[Getready]

Correction; who is responsible for this South Korean man’s death?

[vivenne]

Was the robot fired for murdering a co-worker?