10 cases with robots that killed people

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The Development of robotics and automation is certainly necessary for humanity's transition to a new technological level. But, as in any other hi-tech sector, there are risks. And rate these risks can be very high – your life. In this we have seen on the example of unmanned Uber car that killed the pedestrian. The problem is compounded by the fact that the current level of development of AI does not allow soulless machines to quickly and adequately determine the level of risk, and hence to understand — is before him the man or the material with which the robot was programmed to work.

An Example of the tragedy, which under the wheels of Uber drone killed a woman, is not the only one. For unmanned vehicles is one of the but not for a production environment where people have to work side by side with dangerous machinery every day. In critical situations, when cold steel is faced with living flesh, the latter always remains in loss.

Today we talk about the ten deaths from the "hands" of robots. Some examples contain very unpleasant details, so before you start to read it, I advise you to remove the screen from the kids. The same if you are a rather nervous person – better close this page and save your nerves. We warned you!

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Joshua brown

Joshua brown was the first person killed in the accident involving an unmanned vehicle. The tragedy happened on 7 may 2016, when moving on the road American town of Williston, the electric Tesla Model S, equipped with a system of self-management could not determine that it is a clear sky, or turning right and 18-wheel freight wagon. Car brown flew under the Central part of the truck like a knife through butter and after a moment came out the other side. Machine cut the roof off the road, went through two fences and then crashed into a pole.

After an internal investigation Tesla said that in the software of the car did not detect any errors, and immediately tried to protect themselves from any charges in this accident. The incident was publicly announced only on 30 June, nearly a month after the accident. In the published report stated that the cars the model S has driven more than 210 million miles and still not had a single accident with a deadly outcome when conventional cars, the average is 150 million kilometers. The company also indicated that the autopilot system of its vehicles at the time of the accident was not perfect (complete), but because the rules clearly demanded from the driver's constant attention and presence of hands on the steering wheel. During this 37-minute trip brown just 25 seconds removed his hands from the steering wheel. They turned out to be his last in his life.

The Investigation of the National Council for transport safety (NTSB) showed that neither brown nor the autopilot system before the collision did not activate the braking system of the vehicle. Airbags electric vehicle did not deploy until then, until the car went off the road and drove through bushes located on private land. Medical examiners said that brown likely died immediately after the car came under the truck.

The truck Driver said that brown watched the movie of "Harry Potter" in the time of the accident. Check the NTSB indeed showed the presence of a microSD card with the movie of "Harry Potter", but she couldn't tell whether brown was distracted watching a movie on my laptop or Chromebook Asus also discovered in the car.

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Robert Williams

Robert Williams became the first person in history to be killed by a robot. The incident occurred at the Ford factory in flat Rock, Michigan on 25 January 1979. Williams died from a robotic arm weighing 1 ton, which struck him when he tried to get a new fabricated item.

The Task of the robotic arm was relaying new parts from one place to another. However, the accumulated error in indicating the incorrect information about the number of parts that were in the rack, forced the Williams to own up the stairs and get the desired item. At this point, the car killed him. The investigation revealed that the cause of death of a person has become very weak safety in the enterprise, including the absence of warning beeps, which would tell the threat the presence of a person. The company paid the victim's family $ 10 million.

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Nine South African soldiers

In the incident that occurred in 2007 and killed nine South African soldiers and another 14 were seriously injured. This time the failure was given by the installation of air defense, which opened uncontrolled fire in all directions. Killer was the automatic computerized anti-aircraft gun Oerlikon GDF-005. It was governed by a system designed to automatically search, capture and attack the enemy without human intervention. The gun even had a system of self-recharge, which in our case could make it even deadlier.

The Soldiers were training on one of the bases of the Northern Cape province of South Africa, when anti-aircraft gun initially jammed, then, according to witnesses, something exploded, and then the flak opened uncontrolled fire, firing their guns two hundred and fifty 35-mm high-explosive shells at people who were close to him.

Among the alleged causes of "rebellion" anti-aircraft gun was called, and crashing software, and mechanical failure. According to the comments of representatives of some companies involved in the production of weapons, this incident was not the only one, and they have had to deal with similar situations. Just this case was the first when this incident people were killed.

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Micah Johnson

July 7, 2016 in the us city of Dallas the shooting occurred with a fatal outcome. On the basis of anger over recent police killings of several black residents, swept wave in various U.S. cities, Micah Johnson shot and killed five policemen and wounded nine more, two of whom were civilians. The first three police officers he murdered around 9 PM, during more peaceful at the time of the protests. After that, he tried to escape to College in El Centro, where at the entrance killed another police officer and took expectant position to kill several police officers.

Over the next five hours, the police unsuccessfully tried to lead with Jones talks, but he did not want to surrender and threatened to blow up a few bombs. Eventually the patience of the police has ended, and the officers offered Johnson two choices: either he surrenders and comes out with raised hands, or stays in, in this case, police ready to use force. The killer decided to choose the second option.

Soon the offender understood what force meant the police, when they put the briquettes of C4 to the robot arm and sent the latter into the underground car Park of the College where I was hiding the killer. Machine "sacrificed" himself, took to hell and Johnson. It was the first time, at least in police practice, when to eliminate the criminal used a robot. The irony in the fact that the robot was intended for mine.

The Police prior to this incident, sometimes used robots to disarm criminals. However, in such cases, as a rule, it was about the flashbang and smoke grenades, to the criminal it was possible to take alive. In addition, working with robots trained SWAT and special forces who often have to deal with terrorists. At the same time American troops during the Iraq war used the same tactics of counter-insurgency.

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Kenji of Urada

Kenji of Urada became the second victim of the robot in history, as well as the first and not the only victim, died of a robot arm in Japan. The incident occurred in 1981 at the company's plant Kawazaki Heavy Industries in the city of Akashi, when Urada made repairs one of the robots. As it turned out, the robot at the right time off was not, but I should have. Mechanical hand pushed the poor engineer in the mill, where a man died. In fact, this is the first case, when the machine killed a man with the help of another machine. To save the poor fellow could not – came to the rescue to the place of tragedy colleagues Kenji just didn't know how to turn off the crusher.

After many trials, the inspectors concluded that Urada forgot to switch off the equipment – you need a tumbler, he still pulled. However, after that, he accidentally brushed the switch, thereby activating just disabled the device. Judging by the fact that Kenji didn't stop protective grille which should drop down automatically if the robot is in an enabled mode, a toggle switch was included after Urada climbed over the fence. After the incident, the producers made some conclusions and have further strengthened the protective system of robots.

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the Unknown

The Tragedy happened in 2015 at the plant of German carmaker Volkswagen in the city of Baunatal. Unnamed 21-year-old young man was part of a team of engineers who developed the robot and involved in its installation. Car killed its Creator, that after breaking the chest after grabbed and threw on the metal plate. From the received traumas, incompatible with life, the man died in hospital.

Media reported that the killing machine was to be used in production line engines. As it should be for safety, the robot was located inside a protective cage. At the same time, it was the engineer involved in the installation and configuration of the machine. In its statement, Volkswagen suggested that the plant could move to signal another worker who was at the time. Due to a bug Rob...

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