Disgruntled Robot Kills Factory Manager
This really is tragic. We should take a lesson from it though. Most factory robots have absolutely no comprehension of the consequences of their actions.
Humans should pay attention or robot can turn on them before they know what hits them.
Japanese hit by robotic arm dies
PENANG, Malaysia: A Japanese factory manager died after a robotic arm knocked him on the head in Bayan Lepas here.
Noritaka Suzuki, 31, was checking on the machine, which had malfunctioned, when the incident occurred at 6.40pm on Thursday.
It is learnt that the machine was not switched off when Noritaka checked it. The robotic arm hit him so hard that he was thrown a few metres away.
Robot safety is an important topic of study for Automated Imaging Association, Robotic Industries Association, and US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Humans should pay attention or robot can turn on them before they know what hits them.
Japanese hit by robotic arm dies
PENANG, Malaysia: A Japanese factory manager died after a robotic arm knocked him on the head in Bayan Lepas here.
Noritaka Suzuki, 31, was checking on the machine, which had malfunctioned, when the incident occurred at 6.40pm on Thursday.
It is learnt that the machine was not switched off when Noritaka checked it. The robotic arm hit him so hard that he was thrown a few metres away.
Robot safety is an important topic of study for Automated Imaging Association, Robotic Industries Association, and US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
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5:49 PM
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Just goes to highlight the inherent dangers involved in entering any robots' operating envelope
I don't know about entering the envelope. I did not read anything about sexual harrassment in this case.
Have you ever read any of the robot SCIFI books by Asimov such as "I Robot". This post fits in with this in more than one respect. Read them and you will see..
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