South Korean man killed by industrial robot that identified him as a box

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  1. offwidthe says

    It has begun.

  2. habitual_wanderer says

    What an interesting headline after I finished watching the Netflix series, Pluto

  3. -Relevant_Username says

    The description of his death literally sounds like it’s from Final Destination lol – it malfunctioned, picked him up, and then pressed him to death against the conveyor belt line.

  4. Futueteipsum7 says

    “Dammit, give me the HEAD of the engineer who was in charge of the Box-Human Differentiation Loop!”

  5. LeadInvestPB says

    After being in a largely automated warehouse, this is one of my biggest fears.

  6. violentpac says

    >A robotics company employee in his 40s was crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it mistook him for a box of vegetables.
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    >Tragically, the robotic arm grabbed the man and pushed him against a conveyor belt, resulting in fatal injuries.

    …Are they crushing their vegetables?

  7. hot_sauce_in_coffee says

    Even in death, he shall serve the omnissiah

  8. ninjamullet says

    “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, inasmuch as the robot is able to discern who is a human and what constitutes harm to humans.”

  9. TheAnt317 says

    FNAF robots.

  10. blacknite001 says

    The sad part is that I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t change anything and just say its an acceptable risk they are willing to live with for efficiency

  11. Brother_of_Steel says

    First blood

  12. Frisky_Mongoose says

    Remember, kids. Don’t be a square!

  13. SleepyFunn says

    How is no one gonna talk about how this is exactly what happened on South Park?

  14. Mckooldude says

    This isn’t really onion-y at all. Industrial robot arms are scary dangerous.

  15. sudomatrix says

    `Box detected. Box is not within acceptable box dimensions. Reshaping initiated. Box reshaped. Box is now within acceptable box dimensions. Some leakage occurred during reshaping.`

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