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I have seen a drunk employee wrestling with a moving industrial robotic arm trying to "fix it" after having disabled the numerous safeties with screwdrivers. Th
by ta988 2y ago
I have seen a drunk employee wrestling with a moving industrial robotic arm trying to "fix it" after having disabled the numerous safeties with screwdrivers. This was at a major car manufacturer plant. Do not underestimate the horrible situations people can put themselves in.
- p_l 2y agoSometimes you fight and curse the volkswagen-special VKRC safety circuits. And sometimes you think what kind of shenanigans might happen and why it might be better to have complex safety interlocks that mate with entire automation cell controls...
- hotsauceror 2y agoA relative of mine works with assembly-line robots at heavy equipment manufacturers. He told me that while they were calibrating a new robot that was used to move axles for industrial mining dump trucks, a miscalculation caused the robot to fling a 800 lb axle through the air like a marching band baton.
- aftbit 2y agoNow that I'd pay to see. If that happened where I worked, I would be so tempted to run the program again with my phone camera out. After telling everyone down-range to get lost of course. Now would I do it? No... definitely not, as long as the demon on my right shoulder was being quiet that day.