A man in South Korea was crushed to death by a robot that may have mistaken him for a box, according to reports.

The victim, a worker in his 40s, was inspecting the robot’s sensor at a vegetable-packaging plant on Tuesday when the incident took place. The warehouse is located in South Gyeongsand province, a region in the south of the country.

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    1 year ago

    “He had been sent to the plant to examine whether the machine was working properly.”

    It doesn’t sound like it was

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      “One report suggested that the man may have moved near the robot with a box in his hands, which could have triggered the machine’s reaction.”

      Seems like a dumb way to check though.