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Robot attacked Swedish factory worker

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A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.

Public prosecutor Leif Johansson mulled pressing charges against the firm but eventually opted to settle for a fine.

"I've never heard of a robot attacking somebody like this," he told news agency TT.

The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in Bålsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to lift heavy rocks. Thinking he had cut off the power supply, the man approached the robot with no sense of trepidation.

But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.

"The man was very lucky. He broke four ribs and came close to losing his life," said Leif Johansson.

The matter was subject to an investigation by both the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) and the police.

Prosecutor Johansson chastised the company for its inadequate safety procedures but he also placed part of the blame on the injured worker.
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And so it begins.
 
Oh those crazy Swedes...

At least we now have warning for the robot uprising.
 
I do hope Ikea starts selling flat-pack killer robots.
 
Well then this is great. If a robot as minor as this attacked him think of military robots. Yep so it has begun and you better start believing beggars when end of the world signs pop up.
 
[Quick think of an ABBA song that could relate. Come on, come on, come on... Dammit.]

I love Sweden.
 
Man, I hope my keyboard doesn't strangle me in my sleep...
Sad thing is, this isn't an isolated event.
 
Gray freakin' goo us imminent!
Nah, I kid but really poor guy.
I've always thought robots were really cool.
 
It's stuff like this that makes me question that the world of Terminator may in fact come true some day. Weird and scary at the same time.
 
What exactly does the real skynet do? XD
 
Dunno. I will survive by cybernetic parts until i count as machine. Resistance is futile.
 
I'm a horrible person, because I actually laughed when I read the topic title...not so much at the actual story, though, obviously.
 
I actually heard a while ago that a type of armed robot was going to be introduced to the military, but it was immediately scrapped when they started to inexplicably target their own troops. I'll try to dig up the article.
 
TheMissingno. said:
I actually heard a while ago that a type of armed robot was going to be introduced to the military, but it was immediately scrapped when they started to inexplicably target their own troops. I'll try to dig up the article.
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Oh lord. I dun want this to end up like I, Robot. :< That would seriously suck.
 
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