"A Swedish robot nearly killed a man — but won't be prosecuted. English-language Swedish news Web site The Local reports that the near-fatal incident took place at a factory north of Stockholm in June 2007. A worker was about to fix a broken rock-lifting robot. He'd shut the power off, but the machine suddenly woke up and grabbed the man by the head. "The man was very lucky. He broke four ribs and came close to losing his life," prosecutor Leif Johansson told the TT news agency. This week, Johansson decided not to prosecute either the company that owned the factory or its robot. Instead, the company will have to pay a $3,000 fine (FoxNews)."
Maybe the movie Terminator wasn't that far off. Eventually this is going to happen to all of us. Robots may be cool now, but we'll push it too far, then BLAM!... head crushing robots wondering the streets. Anyways, how the fuck does this got not sue the shit out of this company? I would be all over them, but then again maybe he is worried he will upset the robot...
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