China recorded the first case of robot attacks on humans
Remaining unattended, the robot began to shatter near him stand, and when one of the employees tried to stop him, he moved the man’s leg and pinned him.
BEIJING, November 18. /Offset. TASS Roman Balandin/. The first case of sabotage of the robot man recorded in the Chinese city of Shenzhen (Guangdong province, South China) at the IT show. As reported by the news portal “Sina”, Internet users have dubbed this event a “prelude to the uprising of the machines.”
At the exhibition several hundred companies represented various goods and services in the sphere of high technologies. The owners of one of the stands presented to the public a small robot, which by its design and size is similar with the world famous hero of Star wars — R2-D2.
Robot goes haywire, bashing glass wall at the 18th China High-Tech Fair in S. China’s Shenzhen, injuring one man pic.twitter.com/JYghiNkexE
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The main purpose of “droid”, according to the creators, was the education of children and entertainment of visitors. However, for unknown reason, left without supervision, the robot began to shatter near him stand, and when one of the employees tried to stop him, and he even moved the man’s leg and pinned him.
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The mass of rebellious machines was enough to cause serious injury: it is reported that the victim had to call an ambulance, and to move it independently failed, and the doctors for his evacuation needed a stretcher.
The developers of the newly-born “terminator” behavior of their offspring could not explain. According to them, the robot was designed for games with children from 4 to 12 years. Internet users began to joke about the fact if they are witnessing the “beginning of the end of human civilization” and whether they wait for events of the future Sarah Connor or one of her offspring, who would be able to “lead resistance” in the coming war with the machines.