The incident occurred when the man, a robotics company employee in his 40s, was inspecting the robot.
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, South Korean news agency Yonhap said.
He was sent to hospital but later died.
Um, no, the robot did not “confuse the man for a box of vegetables”. At the risk of yelling at clouds journalism is garbage these days. Yikes.
the robot did not “confuse the man for a box of vegetables”.
Maybe he was acting like a squash.
what makes you think it was not that. I don’t see any details that contradict it in the article?
Robots don’t get confused. They have a path, and they follow it. This one followed the path when someone was in the way. Why it did is likely human error, either in robot control, programming, or lock out tag out.
Why would it handle boxes of vegetables with enough force to cause crush injuries in humans?
I do not know im just going by what the article laid out. It was a sensor malfunction. Maybe that sensor helps keep it from using to much pressure???
Lock out, tag out. Poor bastard.
People have been getting crushed by machines since the industrial age began; machines are inherently dangerous, there is so much that could have been done to prevent this from happening.
Do they not have tag out/lock out there? Why was the robot even able to move without a laser curtain or something to shut it off if a human got too close?
The last two paragraphs would be an indication that they do not.
In a statement after the incident, an official from the Donggoseong Export Agricultural Complex, which owns the plant, called for a “precise and safe” system to be established.
In March, a South Korean man in his 50s suffered serious injuries after getting trapped by a robot while working at an automobile parts manufacturing plant.
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