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Surely not the first death by industrial robot... those things are notorious for being powerful and for being designed for a human-free work area.

eichin 3y ago
it's not even the first this year. But yeah, from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67354709 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67354709 (non-paywalled coverage of the same story) it sounds very much like not doing lockout/tagout or at least hitting the e-Stop before inspecting something. Looks like South Korea has an osha-equivalent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Occupational_Safety_and_... but I have no idea if they have modern robot safety standards.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  > it sounds very much like not doing lockout/tagout or at least hitting the e-Stop before inspecting something That was exactly my thought when reading it. If the e-stop had been depressed this likely would have never happened. But with the system live all bets are off, especially if it is already malfunctioning. You're essentially one queued G-code away from getting mauled.
mikequinlan 3y ago
This article says the first death occurred in 1979. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/robot-safety-standards-regulation-human-fatalities/675231/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/robot... >One day in 1979, a robot at a Ford Motor Company casting plant malfunctioned—human workers determined that it was not going fast enough. And so 25-year-old Robert Williams was asked to climb into a storage rack to help move things along. The one-ton robot continued to work silently, smashing into Williams’s head and instantly killing him. This was reportedly the first incident in which a robot killed a human; many more would follow.
sandworm101 3y ago
It isnt just the industrial robots. Earlier this year, a man in london was crushed by a "telescoping urinal", a thing i did not know even existed. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64430454 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64430454
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- SpaceNoodled 3y ago
  Now they can just repurpose it as a suicide booth.
- p1mrx 3y ago
  Here are some videos of the UriLift: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kIy-wEfUGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kIy-wEfUGU - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTMBlOyNlqc&t=442s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTMBlOyNlqc&t=442s Imagine using one of those thinking "I'll be fine, it only eats the workers"
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    That's in Amsterdam, and it is one of the most stupid designs ever. Still amazes me it got approved. I can think of so many ways in which that could cause problems it is a study in irresponsible engineering.
- throwaway743 3y ago
  Fuck that. I'll just piss between cars if need be.

eichin 3y ago

it's not even the first this year. But yeah, from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67354709 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67354709 (non-paywalled coverage of the same story) it sounds very much like not doing lockout/tagout or at least hitting the e-Stop before inspecting something. Looks like South Korea has an osha-equivalent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Occupational_Safety_and_... but I have no idea if they have modern robot safety standards.

jacquesm 3y ago
> it sounds very much like not doing lockout/tagout or at least hitting the e-Stop before inspecting something That was exactly my thought when reading it. If the e-stop had been depressed this likely would have never happened. But with the system live all bets are off, especially if it is already malfunctioning. You're essentially one queued G-code away from getting mauled.

mikequinlan 3y ago

This article says the first death occurred in 1979. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/robot-safety-standards-regulation-human-fatalities/675231/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/robot... >One day in 1979, a robot at a Ford Motor Company casting plant malfunctioned—human workers determined that it was not going fast enough. And so 25-year-old Robert Williams was asked to climb into a storage rack to help move things along. The one-ton robot continued to work silently, smashing into Williams’s head and instantly killing him. This was reportedly the first incident in which a robot killed a human; many more would follow.

sandworm101 3y ago

It isnt just the industrial robots. Earlier this year, a man in london was crushed by a "telescoping urinal", a thing i did not know even existed. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64430454 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64430454

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SpaceNoodled 3y ago
Now they can just repurpose it as a suicide booth.
p1mrx 3y ago
Here are some videos of the UriLift: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kIy-wEfUGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kIy-wEfUGU - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTMBlOyNlqc&t=442s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTMBlOyNlqc&t=442s Imagine using one of those thinking "I'll be fine, it only eats the workers"
- jacquesm 3y ago
  That's in Amsterdam, and it is one of the most stupid designs ever. Still amazes me it got approved. I can think of so many ways in which that could cause problems it is a study in irresponsible engineering.
throwaway743 3y ago
Fuck that. I'll just piss between cars if need be.