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Man crushed to death by robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables

www.telegraph.co.uk Man crushed to death by robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables

Plant owner calls for 'precise and safe system' after second serious incident involving automated machinery

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The robot did exactly what it was programmed to do. It didn't mistake anything, the guy was in there with all safety disabled, the robot running, and he accidentally triggered a part present sensor. This story is nothing about industrial robotics and is really just a lesson on why you shouldnt defeat multiple safety system and have industrial machines running while you're inside a cell

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A study published by the American Journal of Industrial Medicine earlier this year said 41 people had been killed by industrial robots in the US between 1992 and 2017.

I feel like that isn't a significant number to report. I bet the same amount of people have died in baby-gate related accidents in the same time frame. I'm not trying to devalue human life, just making the point that we may have bigger problems than industrial machinery going on right now.

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- It's not significant in a vacuum, but if you scale up the numbers to the current level of human production, it becomes significant.
  
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  I have no numbers to back me up, so this isn't going to be a hill I die on, but I feel like even though we produce more than we did in that time frame, we use robots significantly more than we used to, as well, so there are less humans to be harmed.
  
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  You're right, in a vacuum the death toll would be much higher.
  
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It happened in South Korea. Since the news title does not specify that

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Perhaps if he hadn’t dressed up like a box of vegetables…

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fuck

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Snake? Snake, what's wrong?! Snaaaake!!! (I'm sorry)

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