Tech tragedy | Worker crushed by malfunctioning robot arm was 'mistaken for vegetables'

Worker crushed by malfunctioning robot arm was 'mistaken for vegetables'

A factory worker was crushed to death by a robot that reportedly mistook him for a ‘box of vegetables’.

The worker, who was employed at a plant owned and operated by the Dongseong Export Agricultural Complex in South Korea, was working close to a robotic arm when the malfunction took place, and died as a result of his injuries.

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