Robot Attacked Swedish Factory Worker

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A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.
Public prosecutor Leif Johansson mulled pressing charges against the firm but eventually opted to settle for a fine.

"I've never heard of a robot attacking somebody like this," he told news agency TT.

The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in Bålsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to lift heavy rocks. Thinking he had cut off the power supply, the man approached the robot with no sense of trepidation.

But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.

"The man was very lucky. He broke four ribs and came close to losing his life," said Leif Johansson.

The matter was subject to an investigation by both the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) and the police.

Prosecutor Johansson chastised the company for its inadequate safety procedures but he also placed part of the blame on the injured worker.

Robot attacked Swedish factory worker - The Local
 
What an idiot he is! He should have it locked out and tagged to be sure it's powered down before approaching robot!! Remmy that Robot does have camera to detect motion and it'll grab anything whatever it's program to see and pick up stuff.

Idiot!!

Catty
 
I think Sweden should pay more attention to their skynet program and immediately call Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 
naisho said:
Seems like Wall-E may not be for you :aw:
He may look cute, but he can kill!
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Har har. i didn't think of Wall-E. He is so adorable!! i would love to welcome wall-e to my home. I bet wall-e is a cat lover! :giggle:
 
Uh OH...here it comes! Maybe the company put human DNA in their robots and now the robot has its own personality! :eek:
 
Frisky Feline said:
Har har. i didn't think of Wall-E. He is so adorable!! i would love to welcome wall-e to my home. I bet wall-e is a cat lover! :giggle:
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Maybe you can invite this guy to your home. He shares similar features to Wall-e. And he's cheap too.
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Watch out tho, he may have a concealed weapon and he get programmed with a virus or trojan from hacker to go evil. He'll start off by shredding your carpets.. then attack your cats..
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purplecatty said:
What an idiot he is! He should have it locked out and tagged to be sure it's powered down before approaching robot!! Remmy that Robot does have camera to detect motion and it'll grab anything whatever it's program to see and pick up stuff.

Idiot!!

Catty
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Yep seems he should've completely turn down the power before doing anything.

So...it wasnt really the robot that attacked him. He attacked himself with the machine since it was detecting motion. At least he's still alive anyway.
 
Steel X said:
Yep seems he should've completely turn down the power before doing anything.

So...it wasnt really the robot that attacked him. He attacked himself with the machine since it was detecting motion. At least he's still alive anyway.
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So you think he is trying to commit sucide without it being apparently that he is trying to commit sucide for insurance purpose?
 
Naisho, no thanks for the link.

i rather the original wall e, the one and only wall~e. :aw:
 
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