Miscellaneous

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Article "Robot Safety and You: Examples of Real-Life Accidents We Can Learn From"

by Jeff Fryman, Director, Standards Development Robotic Industries Association
August 2, 2004

 

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Robot teams with illuminated car door

Published on Aug 11, 2015

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered a new way to improve human and robot safety in manufacturing scenarios by developing a method for robots to project their next action into the 3D world and onto any moving object, such as car parts on an assembly line.

 

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Article "SMEs need robots that know their limitations and ask for help"

by Satyandra Gupta
September 15, 2015

 

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A self-stopping car accident

Published on May 19, 2015

What the car company says about the incident:
"Volvo says horrible ‘self-parking car accident’ happened because driver didn’t have ‘pedestrian detection’"

by Kashmir Hill
May 26, 2015

Autonomous-braking car accident in Dominican Republic. The people hit by the car "were bruised but are are ok."

Carro con sistemas de frenado aut?nomo choca dos personas en Republica Dominicana. Las personas impactadas solo quedaron con unos cuantos 'moraditos'.

 

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Article "This German Machine is Hitting People to Make Tomorrow's Robots Safer"
Robots are already killing humans. Here's how one scientist is keeping people safe.

by Stefan Nicola and Olivia Solon
November 11, 2015

 

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Article "Collaborative robots and breaking down evolving risk assessment"

by Alexandre Pare and Robotiq Inc.
April 14, 2016

 

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Artificial robot nervous system to teach robots how to feel pain

Uploaded on May 23, 2016

“An Artificial Robot Nervous System to Teach Robots How to Feel Pain and Reflexively React to Potentially Damaging Contacts,” by Johannes Kuehn and Sami Haddadin from Leibniz University in Hannover, was presented at ICRA 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.

"Researchers Teaching Robots to Feel and React to Pain"

by Evan Ackerman
May 24, 2016

 

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Article "Robots can help reduce 35% of work days lost to injury"

by Alex Owen-Hill
May 27, 2016

 

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"Parents upset after Stanford Shopping Center security robot injures child"

by Lilian Kim
July 11, 2016

Knightscope, fully autonomous robot to predict and prevent crime, Knightscope, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA

 

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Article "AI Safety and Robotics Laws (Infographic)"

July 15, 2016

 

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Article "Robot attacks visitor during demonstration"

November 22, 2016

 

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Article "Family of Alabama girl crushed to death by robot before wedding sues auto supplier"

by Haley Townsend
December 28, 2016

 

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Article "The infrastructure of life part 1: Safety"

by Alan Winfield
January 26, 2017

 

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Article "Far Out Friday: Drone attack strikes"

by Jordan Lynn
May 19, 2017

 

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"Rogue Robots: Testing the Limits of an Industrial Robot’s Security"

by Federico Maggi (Trend Micro Forward-Looking Threat Research),
Davide Quarta, Marcello Pogliani, Mario Polino,
Andrea M. Zanchettin, and Stefano Zanero
(Politecnico di Milano)

 

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Article "Robot kills factory worker: Man is crushed to death when machine fails to differentiate between human and a box of vegetables"
The man was working through the night to inspect machine in South Korea
He was apparently pushed against a conveyer belt and crushed by the robot

by James Reynolds and Afp
November 8, 2023

 

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Article "Tesla robot ATTACKS an engineer at company's Texas factory during violent malfunction - leaving 'trail of blood' and forcing workers to hit emergency shutdown button"
Data shows one in every 21 Giga Texas workers was injured on the job in 2022
And now an attorney aiding contract laborers at the factory tells DailyMail.com that there's evidence Tesla UNDER-REPORTED accidents to state regulators

by Matthew Phelan
December 26, 2023

 

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Article "Tesla factory technician sues for $51 million after assembly-line robot knocks him unconscious"
Exclusive: After being struck with ‘the force of an approximately 8,000-pound counterbalance weight,’ court filings say Peter Hinterdobler has already racked up $1 million in medical bills

by Justin Rohrlich
September 22, 2025

 

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Funniest Clip of a Humanoid Kicking Man in the Nuts

Dec 26, 2025

The rise of the machines starting with a groin shot.

Article "Watch: Humanoid robot kicks teleoperator in the groin as it mirrors his moves"
Robot training usually goes unnoticed, but shared orientation with humans can make careless moves backfire spectacularly.

by Jijo Malayil
December 29, 2025