Robot crushes factory worker to death: Victim is pinned to couch and murdered in Thailand
Today, surprising video footage has emerged of the tragic moment a robotic arm fatally crushed a worker at a factory in Thailand.
The harrowing incident took place on March 27 at the Vandapac factory in Thailand’s Chonburi province.
The unsuspecting worker appeared to be laying out sheets of material when the arm swung forcefully downward, pinning him against a bench.
Disturbing CCTV footage shows the victim becoming incapacitated beneath the colossal metal contraption, while a colleague continued to work across the room, seemingly unaware of the consequences. catastrophe unfolding just behind him.
Emergency workers quickly intervened after the alarm was finally sounded, releasing the man before providing critical aid and rushing him to the man Chonburi Hospital.
But he was pronounced dead on arrival after suffering major trauma.
The unsuspecting worker appeared to be laying out sheets of material when the arm swung violently downward, pinning him against a bench
Disturbing CCTV footage shows the victim becoming incapacitated beneath the colossal metal contraption, while a colleague continued to work across the room, seemingly oblivious to the catastrophe unfolding just behind him.
Factory authorities have claimed that the robot arm was operating within normal parameters and attributed the accident to the worker’s misjudgment.
They suggested that he was aware of the robotic arm’s capabilities and accidentally maneuvered under it, refusing to take responsibility for the incident.
With minimal details, a manager told local media: “We are no longer providing information.
‘Employees accept responsibility for any accidents that occur while they are at work.’
Vandapac, a long-standing manufacturer specializing in plastic products for various industries, has decades of operations and employs more than 1,800 employees at its facilities in Samut Prakan Province and Amata City Chonburi Industrial Estate.
The shocking incident comes just months after another robot killed a worker in South Korea after being unable to distinguish it from a box of vegetables.
That victim, a robotics company employee in his 40s, checked the machine’s sensor at an agricultural distribution center in South Gyeongsang during a routine inspection in November.
But the machine, which was lifting boxes of peppers onto a pallet, grabbed the man’s arm and pushed him against the conveyor belt, crushing his face and chest.
The robot malfunctioned and identified the man as a box, police sources said.
The victim was taken to hospital but later died, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said.
Police subsequently launched an investigation into the site’s safety managers for possible dereliction of duty.
An official from the Donggoseong Export Agricultural Complex, which owns the factory, issued a statement after the incident calling for the introduction of an “accurate and safe” system.
The victim had reportedly filled in to take tests originally scheduled for November 6, but they were postponed by two days due to reported problems with the robot’s sensor.
Illustrative image shows a robotic arm in use at a factory in Japan
A chess robot (pictured) broke a child’s finger during an international tournament in Moscow last July, with the incident captured on CCTV footage
Last July, footage emerged of a chess-playing android breaking a child’s finger during a match in Russia.
The robot grabbed the seven-year-old boy’s finger during the Moscow Open because it was confused by its fast movements, Russian media reported.
Sergey Lazarev, vice president of the Russian Chess Federation, said the child had violated “certain safety rules” by making a move too quickly.
Christopher Atkeson, a robotics expert at Carnegie Mellon University, told MailOnline: ‘Robots have limited sense and therefore limited awareness of what is happening around them.
“I suspect the chess robot had no ears and its vision system was blind to anything other than chessboards and pieces.”