Volkswagen Factory Worker Killed By a Robot

m.alessandrini writes: A worker at a Volkswagen factory in Germany has died, after a robot grabbed him and crushed him against a metal plate. This is perhaps the first severe accident of this kind in a western factory, and is sparking debate about who is responsible for the accident, the man who was servicing the robot beyond its protection cage, or the robot's hardware/software developers who didn't put enough safety checks. Will this distinction be more and more important in the future, when robots will be more widespread?

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Slashdot guilty of pandering

[kheldan]

There is no real story here. It's a simple, if tragic, industrial accident. By even posting this, Slashdot is guilty of spreading FUD about completely fictional (and in this case entirely absent) AIs, pandering to the fears of people who are afraid they will 'take over'. Mod entire story down to (-1, Troll), and deprecate, disregard, delete.