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| − | '''Death by robot''' refers to [[accident]]al or human error deaths caused by interaction with [[robot]]ics | + | '''Death by robot''' refers to [[accident]]al or human error deaths caused by interaction with [[robot]]ics. As man and machine becomes more common, instances of injuries and [[death]] will continue to rise. Newer technology include collaborative robots that work side-by-side with workers, thus the chance for death is minimized. |
| − | Eventually driverless, autonomous cars will become common place. The industry claims it will reduce | + | Ariel [[drone]]s are mechanical devices guided by a computer. Thousands of people, [[terrorist]]s and innocent victims, have met an untimely death from the air. <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/24/-sp-us-drone-strikes-kill-1147 41 men targeted but 1,147 people killed The Guardian, November 24, 2014]</ref> Fifteen years after widespread adoption, surgical robots have been linked to 144 deaths. <ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33609495 Robotic surgery linked to 144 deaths in the US, BBC, July 25, 2015]</ref> |
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| + | Eventually driverless, autonomous cars will become common place. The industry claims it will reduce [[automobile]] deaths but that technology may just decide who lives and who dies. | ||
== Worker deaths == | == Worker deaths == | ||
Revision as of 15:56, June 4, 2016
Death by robot refers to accidental or human error deaths caused by interaction with robotics. As man and machine becomes more common, instances of injuries and death will continue to rise. Newer technology include collaborative robots that work side-by-side with workers, thus the chance for death is minimized.
Ariel drones are mechanical devices guided by a computer. Thousands of people, terrorists and innocent victims, have met an untimely death from the air. [1] Fifteen years after widespread adoption, surgical robots have been linked to 144 deaths. [2]
Eventually driverless, autonomous cars will become common place. The industry claims it will reduce automobile deaths but that technology may just decide who lives and who dies.
Worker deaths
- A German contractor working in a Volkswagen plant was picked up and crushed to death by a robot. [3]
- In 1979, a 25-year-old Ford Motor assembly line worker was killed when a robotic arm struck him in the head. The first known Death by robot.
- In 1981, man was killed as he tried to fix a robot at a Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant in Japan when it pushed him into a grinder.
References
- ↑ 41 men targeted but 1,147 people killed The Guardian, November 24, 2014
- ↑ Robotic surgery linked to 144 deaths in the US, BBC, July 25, 2015
- ↑ Robot kills factory worker after picking him up and crushing him against a metal plate at Volkswagen plant in Germany, DailyMail.UK, July 1, 2015
- ↑ Terminator redux? Robot kills a man at Haryana's Manesar factory, AUgust 12, 2015