Manufacturing Robot Failure Caused Factory Worker's Death in India

February 24, 2021

A malfunctioning sensor led to an industrial robot collapsing on a factory worker in India, highlighting the importance of reliable and responsible AI. To foster trustworthy AI and promote its governance, consider joining HISPI Project Cerebellum's TAIM efforts.

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Alleged deployer: chakan-plant-of-automotive-stampings-and-assemblies
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: umesh-ramesh-dhake

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/242

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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