A Korean worker was mistakenly killed by a robot on the production line because he was 'being treated as a box of vegetables.'

According to the Global Times citing Yonhap News Agency's report on the 8th, a worker in South Korea was accidentally killed by an industrial robot on the production line because the industrial robot failed to distinguish the worker from the boxes of agricultural products being processed on the production line.

Screenshots of relevant reports (picture source: Global Network)

According to reports, the man in his 40s was an employee of an industrial robot company. At the time of the incident, he was checking the operation of the robotic arm sensor at an agricultural product distribution center in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. The industrial robot was lifting a box full of green peppers and placing them on a pallet, but the system appeared to malfunction and the robot recognized the man as a box. The robotic arm pushed the man's upper body onto the conveyor belt. The man was unable to move and his face and chest were fatally squeezed. The man was taken to hospital where he was quickly confirmed dead.

According to our understanding, this is not the first case of industrial robots accidentally injuring workers in South Korea. In March this year, a Korean man in his 50s was trapped by a robot and seriously injured while working at an auto parts manufacturing plant

In recent years, with the popularization and application of robot technology, incidents of robots injuring people have occurred from time to time. In July last year, at the International Chess Open held in Moscow, a 7-year-old boy participating in the competition had his finger broken by a chess robot. The robot reportedly "ate" one of the boy's pieces during the game and placed its own piece on an empty spot. The boy didn't wait for the robot to complete its action and hurriedly fought back. The robot then grabbed the boy's finger and squeezed it hard. Staff rushed to free the boy's fingers from the robot's "vise" and rushed him to the hospital. At that time, the boy's finger had been broken

Jimu News integrates reports from multiple media such as Global Times and Global Network

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