World Robot attacked Swedish factory worker

[The Helper]

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.

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This is either irresponsible anthropomorphism sneaking into copy, or very disturbing: Robot attacked Swedish factory worker A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfuncti…

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[BANANAMAN]

This has skynet written all over it.

 

[Samael88]

This has skynet written all over it.

You wish

I think that it is just ridiculous that he should fine them beacuse he made the misstake of not turning of the power.

As the maintenance guy it is his duty to check that it indeed is powered down.

 

[tom_mai78101]

But he thought it was powered down.

The whole title is misleading...I thought this news is about a guy almost getting killed by a "robot", not a mechanical rock lifting machine...

 

[swe_suffer]

I Robot next?

 

[ElderKingpin]

this is 2007 stuff >.>

 

[ReVolver]

First thing that came to my mind was ED-209

 

[The Helper]

You turn on the machine or walk up to it... it kills you. Like it was programmed to do it. An industrial accident maybe, skynet a possibility. TH.net news!

 

[thewrongvine]

But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head.

rofl.
Skynet and iRobot.

~Hai-Bye-Vine~

 

[Weegee]

You turn on the machine or walk up to it... it kills you. Like it was programmed to do it. An industrial accident maybe, skynet a possibility. TH.net news!

Its only TH.net news because everyone on this site has an inner robot deep down inside that tell them every day "DESTROY MANKIND"

 

[tom_mai78101]

Sci-Fi is totally the blame for us all...

 

[XXXconanXXX]

Truly this is a sign of the inception of the robot uprising, the apocalypse.

holy crap

 

[black.sheep]

Damn rite.
Anyone wanna start stockipling EMC weapons?

 

[tom_mai78101]

Damn rite.
Anyone wanna start stockipling EMC weapons?

"SCV good to go, sir."

 

[FireCat]

Wow, He's really lucky to be alive.

 

[Sevion]

Teh lulz. @Company + Man