An assembly robot has killed an external contractor at a Volkswagen plant in Germany. According to reports, the technician was part of a team setting up the robot at the automaker’s Kassel plant when it reportedly struck him in the chest and crushed him against a metal plate. He later succumbed to his injuries.
Investigations as to how the accident occurred are underway, though initial findings indicate that human error was to blame for the mishap rather than a problem with the robot, which was operating behind the confines of a safety cage. Another technician was present but outside the cage, and was not harmed.
A spokesperson for the automaker said the robot was not a new-generation colloborative robot that works side-by-side with workers on a production line, adding that the unit – which grabs auto parts and manipulates them – had no known technical defect.
The reports added that German prosecutors were considering whether to bring charges, and if so, against whom.
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Well, robot is pre programmed, and don’t have eyes. Mostly vision for position check before carry out the job. There are lots of industrial accident, just covered up nicely and money paid for such incident.
So be careful when u r working on it, don’t under estimate the speed and strength.
Sue the programmer. Robot is innocent.
We need to go back to the past to change the programmer.
Robot is innocent. But human’s innovation terminating their livings. How many child should the family in Malaysia produce? Quality or quantity? Think for their future.
RISE OF THE MACHINES!!!!
Actually the Robot thought the worker was a Borg Warner DSG Gearbox. The Robot knows about the faulty gearbox VW sells globaly so the robot was trying to kill the Borg Warner DSG Gearbox
Seriously u this haters? incident happened and you can talk about DSG issue? logic pls and this joke is not funny!!!
One worker killed, serious issues.
A lot killed in Proton car (ramming trees, self set on fire, weak chasis etc.), biasalah.
A lot lot more killed in Toyota car (exploding airbags, unintended acceleration, no safety, soft body, numb response, etc), its user problem. Godcar no problem. Ada godcar ada amoi!
Yes, plus massive recalls all over the world.
Toyoda slogan : No sues, no recalls, no money no safety.
so … Proton way better than Proton? … got your point…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DJyaFlZnaY
Bring charges to whom? The Robot? Cue The Terminator.
u shouldn’t bad mouth terminator:genisys near a robotized machines.. well, cant help that, coz that film did sucks!
rise of the machines.
How hard can you implement sensor? you have it for car why not for robots too.
If you know the cost per piece of such sensor, i.e. proximity sensor, photo sensor used to detect motion + the total number of sensor to be used so that it can detect at different angle, axis etc., imo the price of such robot equipped with this sensor would be too prohibitive to be judged as cost effective. But who knows in the not too distant future they can mass produce hence lower the price of those sensor.
i told you… we shouldnt trust those robots!!
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Terminator under Skynet self aware system. War has started.
Maybe the Robot just could not stand making crappy 7 Speed DSG Gearbox anymore and wanted to stop stupid VW workers from forcing machines building other defective machines…..
LOL
HAHAHA, I got to agree.
never own a vw vehicle and simply bash? VW dsg has no mroe crappy try to look at the new 2014 jetta and get feedback from the owner. Nowadays haters are become not empathy and not respect for human life simply make a joke on it and they think that is funny.
Sales not good… sacrifice a worker to create accident for free advertisement.
wow seriously? why your mouth so busuk today?
Somebody died and you guys are making fun of what happened?you guys do have class.
Exactly.. it is sad to see that people these days have no empathy and respect for human life.
1. Why would he be inside the safety cage when he knew it’s fatal to do so? Could he have stopped the machine to set it up but someone else outside turned it back on?
2. Why didn’t the colleague outside the cage stopped the operation or warned/stopped him when he was about to enter?
3. Should both the questions be answered, we could have an answer, which is scary, because this incident could have happened according to plan.
People die and we are making fun of it
robocop in da house!
R.I.P
I am back.
You’ll be Terminated.
It is nothing wrong with the robot normally is due to the cycle stop in mid operation. The technician must have activate one of the sensor robot it will continue finish the cycle.
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Volkswagen should be sued since the accident occurred in their premises.
The article title is quite sensationalist. At best, it shows signs of misinformation; like Burong mentioned, the robot is programmed and has no capability to act autonomously. How would a headline like “Tree kills man” read?
Malaysia may do much better, in all spheres in running a nation, with a robot as PM rather than the present PM . . . .
Mechatronic Failed!!
Skynet is real. Please Arnold go back time and kill whoever invented the robot…
Sue the VW safety officer.