Confused Robot Kills Worker in South Korea!

A worker was crushed to death by an industrial robot at a vegetable packaging unit in South Korea.

The ill-fated man was grabbed and pressed against a conveyor belt by the machine’s robotic arms in the southern county of Goseong on Tuesday. The victim died of head and chest injuries.

Although the identity of the person has not been revealed, according to Korean police, the victim was an employee of a company that installs industrial robots and was sent to the plant to examine whether the machine was working properly.

The killer robot was one of the robots used at the vegetable packing facility that packages bell peppers and other vegetables exported to other Asian countries.

Police are investigating to determine whether the robot had technical defects or safety issues.

In 2022, a robot installed near a conveyor belt fatally crushed a worker at a milk factory in Pyeongtaek of South Korea.