History Lesson – Anniversary of the First Human Death by Robot
This robot could be a killer
On January 25, 1979 Robert Williams, a Ford Motors employee, was killed by an industrial robot in the first documented case of a robot killing a human. A robot built to gather supplies from a storage room slammed its arm into Williams, killing him instantly. Although the situation seems nefarious, the unfortunate death of Mr. Williams was not caused by the robot suddenly turning Skynet on but rather due to a lack of safeguards in the storage facility.
By the way, you can buy your own industrial robots from an old Chrysler factory in Delaware if you feel like risking your life or if you want to create a makeshift thrill ride of death (below).
You can try this at home! (Please don't)
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Twitter Username: decembersun
January 26th, 2010 - 14:14
Accident it may have been, but deep down, I bet that robot circuitry was computing how easy human extermination was… and started calculating and scheming…
Twitter Username: naser224u
March 2nd, 2010 - 01:28
wow your site is fantastic i have nothing to say but the information about robots is very usefull. Robots were made to make the work of mankind easier but after your article I think robots were made to destroy mankind . Very clear posts.cool blog
Twitter Username: sheryl_rose
March 3rd, 2010 - 10:27
hhhmmm… i think it was an accident. robots actions are automated at that time (not much of the A.I. they have now.) so mr. williams might have gotten close to the robot/machine or obstructed its path.