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Robot Kills Worker At German Car Factory
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Here’s an interesting story I came across last night. From the Guardian:
A robot has killed a contractor at one of Volkswagen’s production plants in Germany, the automaker has said.
The man died on Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about 100km (62 miles) north of Frankfurt, VW spokesman Heiko Hillwig said.
The 22-year-old was part of a team that was setting up the stationary robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate, Hillwig said.
He said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot, which can be programmed to perform various tasks in the assembly process. He said it normally operates within a confined area at the plant, grabbing auto parts and manipulating them.
German news agency DPA reported that prosecutors were considering whether to bring charges, and if so, against whom.
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"terminated" Was he Greek?
Either the guy hit the wrong button, or the programmer who snuck in the kill routine is thinking "no way, it actually worked!"
"It's just a glitch".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrXfh4hENKs
I see it now, sociopaths in the future will say "I self-idenity as ROBOT."
"Must kill. Not responsible. Must kill."
It just went off.
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Reduced to a mere spammer, eh?
" We'll miss Hans. "
"Wow, that's rough! Couldn't you just let him go like you do the other staff?"
"Whooooops! My bad! Was that 1.5 meter on the x-axis or the z-axis?"
"You know Kurt, vee luuz more rhookies dis vay! Now central office iss complaining!"
When the robots unionize we'll be in big trouble.
Calling Dr. Forbin.
They wont unionize. They will become a separate corporation with all of the associated citizen/human rights
The big difference being, they will not be slaves, of course.
The DoD has sent representatives to Germany to see if the robot can be weaponized.
~"They wont unionize. They will become a separate corporation with all of the associated citizen/human rights"~
Can you imagine how much a robot would make on double overtime?
What do they do to strike, a work "slow down"? Do they work as slow as a human?
Does the pension plan include replacement grease and seals?
Robots don't need no "stinking" union. Imagine if Western workers just randomly killed their supervisors. Might lead to more speaking time at safety meetings. Maybe even a raise. Ants would do it; take one for the team. Prolly not sheep though.
Germany is so far behind the times. We had robots killing people at a Ford plant in the US in 1979.
http://www.wired.com/2010/01/0125robot-kills-worker/
USA! USA! USA!
Other possible theory: the robot was compromized by a stuxnet-like virus and controlled remotely by a hacker. It was a dress rehearsal for the next time Mutti visits a car factory.
Herr Hal 9000?
The other bad news is the machine was shoving tailpipe assemblies in
Sarah Conner-Muller?
"Reduced to a mere spammer, eh?"
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The future is here. Who do you think writes the software?
The carbon-based units were infesting the plant.
The carbon-based units were infesting the planet.
...There, fixed it for ya...
The evolution from carbon based to electronic based. It's a natural thing.
If they want to prosecute someone,
may I suggest, the Honorable Jon Corzine?
Apparantly, he "sexually harassed" the robot first.
America needs to have a conversation about these senseless tragedies.
Clearly the white operator said something wrong, claimed some privilege or was otherwise offensive in the form of control code, thus provoking the robot to lash out.
Robots lives matter.
The race war will be fought between the stainless and the blued steel.
Darn straight! Hey, wanna kill all Humans?
Abused Robot Syndrome.
It was a Hate Crime, revenge time, unit was hacked by Israel!
"That felt good"
Tethered machine. Similar too the alleged iWatch. Just a piece of electronics with a remote controller. Robot is a bullshit name.
"Robota" Czech word for serf slave
not quite. the verb "rabota" means "to work". robot means worker.
Should be a wake up for the first self driving car fatality.
Hmmm.
Could I borrow that machine for a week, before they fix it?
The New World Order has orders for ten of those homicidal robots, to take care of troublesome banksters.
BK3K
Bankster Killbot 3000.
Is it a car, a hottub, or does it throw shit off of roofs?
Hmm, it DOES come with a nailgun attachment... :>D
It just got too excited when it grabbed the guy and said, "Come with me if you want to live !"
human error = standing too close ??
… if this was Columbo, it could have been murder !
New headline
Worker Killed in Industrial Accident, Foul Play Possible
but that doesn't raise the same fear level.
fucking skynet
The thumbnail showing the Terminator was rather hilarious.
my provider have a name skynet xD
Any truth to the rumor that the robot was looking for "Johann Connor"?
The great robot revolt starts.
KRAFTWERK was there way way way before anyone else (1977): Mensch Maschine Musik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ
H1B programmer
Danger Wil Robinson.
Get me a juice box biatch.
Spoof viral marketing for the new Terminator film isn't it?
whose fault is it.....hes going to be unplugged I guess...
The best part of this story is that it was tweeted by a "Sarah O'Connor" - a formerly obscure British journalist - yesterday, the day the movie was released. You can't make this stuff up.
Maybe they did.
And if they did make it up then it's sign of a sickness out there in media meme land. Or I should say additional sickness, cuz those pukes are way sick already.
It sounds like they shipped the robot programmed to smash grapes at some French vineyard to the VW plant by accident.
Whooops...
I believe that robot is only equipped with barefoot paisana feet.
lol
Arf, arf.
No worries, German robotic force! Google-built robots are coming!
And - this also creates new jobs! (just not for the human types)
This is a good way to blame the 3-D Printers that are making guns…. Without serial numbers.
I making my own 3D printer lots of fun
I'm using a 3D printer to make a 3D printer.
New growth industry>>>> robot prisons.
Cars are not your friends either.
How is this news? Machines have been tearing humans apart as long as they've existed. This is why you're not allowed in a factory-like area if you have long hair, and reflective safety vests are required by law to be tear-away (the shoulders are held with velcro).
Technically, the machine attacked a white guy. The machines might be programmed as being racist.
If you aren't white, you can't be racist.
Did the robot have the optional "human life perservation" feature, or did the business cheap out?
Someone left the switch on "Evil"
I for one welcome our new robotic overlords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut-KyLQujQA
Never forget!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1Sw4pK6O8
Bwahahahaha! Kill ALL Humans!
God help us our lives are in the hands of engineers.
Red arrows are engineers with no sense of humor.
...or, is that redundant all over again?
Doctors kill people one at a time,
engineers by the hundreds and thousands.
Someone was pretty stupid here. Like walking in front of a high energy particle beam during testing.
You keep your distance or die.
Just like there were a lot of people dying in steel mills (especially mobsters that disobeyed the mob rules).
Who hasnt had a small shop vac suck them silly?....I guess this is payback?
Shop porn
The three laws of robotics:
Get with the programming already!
I was scrolling down the comments to see who would be sharp enough to throw this out. It is no surprise that it was you. ;)
Thanks for the kind words.
Issac Asimov was my first science fiction writer when I was a kid. Read all I could find at the library. Got hooked on Sci Fi from there. Ursula K Le Guin, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlien, Phillip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, so many more...Did not matter what was going on in my life...Sci Fi was there. The laws of robotics are fundamental for me.
Oh come on. Working around machine tools has always been dangerous. A friend of mine had most of his hand taken off in an accident with a CNC machine many years ago.
And let's not even get started with how dangerous it is to work in a railway yard.
One German gets crushed and its a big deal?? You should see how many Mexicans yard boys get gobbled up by MorBark chippers each year! You would think Pedro would know when to let go of that branch, but no..thats one shredded Mexican scattered all over the yard like a 55 gal drum of picante sauce with a sombrero!.
I have experience with industrial robots. Their speed can be adjusted from "test" mode to full speed. These suckers usually weigh in excss of a ton and are usually a rotating, multi-jointed arm secured to a pedestal. They move nice and slow when you are programming them, but at full speed, they are a frickin' blur of whirling metal. When you see commercials/TV/movies with industrial robots in them they are usually moving at a slow speed, so you can actually see what they are and what they are doing. I would not be difficult, at least not on the one's I was trained on, to hit a higher speed than "test" by accident and have your head removed violently. The first time I saw one working at full tilt it blew my mind...........and I didn't want to get back in the work "cell" with that monster. Hit full speed by accident while you are programming the thing and death is a likely result.
"Cyborgs don't feel pain. I do. Don't do that again.
Sarah Connor: Just let me go!
Kyle Reese: Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead."
Funny, I feel the same way about my ex-wife...
That's job description of a bankster after your assets.
Human shouldn't have been putting his hands down there.
I kept trying to tell him, but do you horny bastards listen? Noooooo!
The guy had metal fever! Metal fever, I say!
No news here, just an attempt to leverage "robot" as though there was some sort of artificial intelligence involved. There wasn't. This accident is no different than any other industrial accident that invovles moving machinery harming a worker.
Thats right LM! The killed person might not even been German to begin with!
Coulda been a Turk, Croate, or Italian for all we know! I guess the take away is dont fuck around with the Germans when they are building something..those Motherfockers will smash the shit out of you if you get in their way!
Culling the gene pool. Working as planned.
This is why you ALWAYS follow "lock out tag out" procedures when working with dangerous equipment and make sure it is de-energized before working on or near these things. The German OSHA is going to be all over this place for the next five years. Someone dropped the ball and the fucking thing landed on this poor kid, or he simply weeded himself out of the gene pool. Still, shop procedures are written to prevent this sort of thing, so someone screwed up on their training.
Time to unplug Skynet before it's too late.
Sarah Conner has been alerted and is in route. More at eleven.
once they taste human flesh and frailty, they will forever crave it!
Large wooden badger is on the money you have to follow LOTO at all times in a robot cell. When I worked in the auto industry years ago one of our rules was everyone in a robot cell had to have their individual lock on the LOTO device. If Safety came down and audited and your lock was not on you were gone no questions asked. These big boys can move at ridiculous speed with substantial loads.
At least the robot didn't make the worker train him in his job before going all T1000 on him....
Fuck chess. Let's play donkey kong.
When did zero hedge become Fark.com?
Big deal...In the scheme of related deaths in the Automotive industry..
How many two bit whores have been crushed to death by UAW workers? Not including politicians or shareholders?
It's easy to joke about it now, but the Singularity IS rapidly approaching.
Once computers are capable of thinking at human speed, their abilities will proceed exponentially, and there's no guarantee carbon-based life forms (us) are needed in THEIR future.
Mexicans would have been spared.
This story is the reason why most countries will not permit robot trucks on public roads, or any sort of (non-military) robot plane carrying passengers.
The remaining countries will allow them up to the first fatal accident, and then they will be banned.
Watson
Robot's lives matter.
He said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot, which can be programmed to perform various tasks in the assembly process. He said it normally operates within a confined area at the plant, grabbing auto parts and manipulating..."
Nevertheless, the thing needs to be dismantled, and the parts melted down, for its crime.
They should also show plant video of the crime, and the smelting event to ALL other robots, making it clear, 'Dis gwanna hapin to YO too...'
If you don't get them bastards learned early...
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He said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot, which can be programmed to perform various tasks in the assembly process. He said it normally operates within a confined area at the plant, grabbing auto parts and manipulating..."
Nevertheless, the thing needs to be dismantled, and the parts melted down, for its crime.
They should also show plant video of the crime, and the smelting event to ALL other robots, making it clear, 'Dis gwanna hapin to YO too...'
If you don't get them bastards learned early...
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This never happened with COBOL....
What the hell Johnny Five.... You know they have to have video of this attack, TMZ will get a hold of it..
I see four possibilities:
The machine malfunctioned
The guy at the controls hit something by accident
The guy at the controls hit something on purpose, probably for a joke, and killed him by accident
The guy at the controls wanted to hurt him, but things went all the way.
My guess is number three, the equivalent of playing with a loaded weapon.
The banksters probably have secret chips in robots programmed to kill us all upon command. Maybe not yet, but that is likely our future. We need to start making our own robots - I'm going to go watch the Terminator movie this afternoon. Sometimes they get cute and telegraph their intentions through movies.
Note to self: Before placing yourself within reach of robot, unplug robot.
Just a bug in Windows 10 -
I wonder if it was something he said , cracked a joke about dumb robot.
Now robots are even opera singers replacing unemployed artists:
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-autonomous-robot-myon-berlin-opera.html
I wonder if this actor robot has milder temper than his colleague that brutally killed a worker at German plant. But do not worry it was human error.
I like this art of killing with impunity. Since robots cannot make human errors, they make their deadly own.
I guess those fanatics supporting autonomous Google Robotic cars are happy since these robots will never make mistake killing them, they will be right to do that.
It was programmed to play, "whack~A~mole".
Yes, but who's the "mole"?
i could probably read this somewhere else?
That's the trouble with robotic controls. One decimal point in the wrong place and your ass is torn off.
Probably an issue with metric versus English conversions.
Better to spend a $Billion dollars and fix the Hubble Telescope up in space, then
to spend a few million dollars on the ground just to be sure the optics are working...
Or, the Mars lander that crashed because the contractor screwed up the conversion...
Stick with English measurements and you can't go wrong.
English measurement is based on human life experience (i.e. the width of a horse carriage),
whilst Metric is simply based on scientific measurements, like the speed of light.
Hence why no one "gets" metric measurements (they don't relate to anything in life).
Metric sucks.
.
metric everything is in ''tens''. Only fucktard Americunts can't understand metric.
Its easy/
The whole world uses metric but you shitheads always want to be different and expect the whole to change YOUR way.
not going to happen, dipshit. EVER
Well there you are!
I don't see you on posts regarding financial news or political events that take any degree of critical thinking skills, just the bullshit articles like this one...that happened in Germany...in Europe....just like the Netherlands. You obviously connect the dots in your blurred vision to make this poor German kid's death into an America bashing event.
But hey, anything to bash Americans, right?
Go crawl back into your bong you useless geezer.
I've got the problem licked. I use metric, but understand both systems.
All federal and state agencies converted to metric system in late 1980-ties. All state engineering work was done in meters until late 2000 when corporate oligarchs reversed it allowing for USFT on public projects.
lol. The results of a programmer with fat fingers
Ludicrous!
I won't believe it until i see a picture of his mangled body.
Vorsprung durch Tecknik!
Two reasons why AI will never rule the world (and why AI will never truly exist):
1) iPhone 6 sucks at voice recog: I tell it "Call Home", and it responds with "Playing songs by AC/DC".
2) Computers will never achieve true "sideways" thinking. A man just "knows" that 2+2 = 4, whilst a computer must ALWAYS convert each 2 into binary (Base 2), add the binary values, and then convert the answer back to decimal (Base 10).
Oh, and Man is too arrogant in its ability to program:
GM vehicles that auto-unlock doors when put into park and get DEA personnel killed for doing so.
GM vehicles that turn on your reverse lights when exiting your car, I guess for extra light at night, so that kids will grow up learning that vehicles AREN'T in Reverse, and hence, ignore the backup lights, and hence eventually get run over.
Technology is great when it works, and sucks when it doesn't (like right now, when it pops up and says ZH isn't responding due to a long running script).
The robots cannot be dealt with illogically, it does not compute.
It was thinking one down, 7 billion to go..
Robot gets promoted into management, does everyone's job.
Robot gets promoted to management, does nothing.
I actually applied for a fairly decent paying _Intermediate Robotics Technician_ job today. I'll get $32. to start plus benefits if I land the job. Moreover, the technicians must have neglected to adhere to Safety protocols for working in the programmed path of the computerized numerically controlled [CNC] robotics. The Ministry of Labour will press charges against the company for the industrial accidental death when they examine the facts surrounding the fatality.
I actually applied for a fairly decent paying _Intermediate Robotics Technician_ job today. I'll get $32. to start plus benefits if I land the job. Moreover, the technicians must have neglected to adhere to Safety protocols for working in the programmed path of the computerized numerically controlled [CNC] robotics. The Ministry of Labour will press charges against the company for the industrial accidental death when they examine the facts surrounding the fatality.
I actually applied for a fairly decent paying _Intermediate Robotics Technician_ job today. I'll get $32. to start plus benefits if I land the job. Moreover, the technicians must have neglected to adhere to Safety protocols for working in the programmed path of the computerized numerically controlled [CNC] robotics. The Ministry of Labour will press charges against the company for the industrial accidental death when they examine the facts surrounding the fatality.
This robot...
It could not be bargained with?
It could not be reasoned with?