A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say: "The robotic arm, confusing the man for a box of vegetables, grabbed him and pushed his body against the conveyer belt, crushing his face and chest"

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[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

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Why would the man's identity be secret? The name of the man who was crushed to death by a robot in South Korea is not revealed. The article only identifies him as a robotics company employee in his 40s who was inspecting the robot.

[–]William_World 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

cuz fake news