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A man in South Korea was crushed to death by a robot that may have mistaken him for a box, according to reports.

The victim, a worker in his 40s, was inspecting the robot's sensor at a vegetable-packaging plant on Tuesday when the incident took place. The warehouse is located in South Gyeongsand province, a region in the south of the country.

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[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“He had been sent to the plant to examine whether the machine was working properly.”

It doesn’t sound like it was

[–] Phlogiston@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

“One report suggested that the man may have moved near the robot with a box in his hands, which could have triggered the machine’s reaction.”

Seems like a dumb way to check though.

[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

Is it not customary to turn off the robot before inspecting it?

[–] De4dSpace@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Snake? Snake? Snaaake!

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

And so it begins.

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

Accident, or the first of many cyberpunk murders?

[–] Furedadmins@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Do not trust the pusher robot.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Negative. I am a meat popsicle.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago
[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago

This reminds me of South Park when the Amazon union guy gets stuffed in a box lol