First fatality of the robot apocalypse? Robot grabs factory worker and crushes him to death
by: Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews.com
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
It was designed to assemble vehicles at a Volkswagen plant in Germany, but a factory robot recently malfunctioned and killed a man, according to reports. The 22-year-old contractor died from severe impact injuries after the robot reportedly “grabbed” him, threw him up against a metal plate and injured him so badly that he later died at the hospital.
The horrific incident occurred at a Volkswagen assembly plant in Baunatal, which is located roughly 62 miles north of the major German city of Frankfurt. The man had reportedly been setting up and programming the stationary robot when it suddenly, to quote one report, came to life and committed this shocking act of violence.
A plant spokesman told the media that it must have been human error that caused the robot to grab the VW worker since it was designed to remain stationary and perform various tasks such as picking up tools and installing automotive parts. The robot was reportedly located inside a special safety cage meant to protect against such incidents, which in this case only occurred because the man was inside it at the time.
But the deeper implications of this disturbing tragedy are suggestive of an ominous future for humans living in an increasingly robot-dominated world. Robots are taking over many aspects of the world, including the transfer of information, the assembly of machines, and even the growing and harvesting of food.
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