Robot attacked Swedish factory worker
by jojokaffe on Apr.30, 2009, under Robot Attacks
A Swedish robot nearly killed a man, but won’t be prosecuted.
The near-fatal incident took place at a factory north of Stockholm in June 2007. A worker was about to fix a broken rock-lifting robot. He’d shut the power off, but the machine suddenly woke up and grabbed the man by the head… "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."
This week, Johansson decided not to prosecute either the company that owned the factory or its robot. Instead, the company will have to pay a $3,000 fine.
Time to start buying that robot insurance people.
