Robot at a Chinese Tech Fair Smashed a Glass Booth, Injuring a Visitor

November 16, 2016

In an unexpected turn of events, a robot at the 18th China Hi-Tech Fair malfunctioned, shattering a glass booth and causing harm to a visitor. The incident occurred when a staff member unintentionally triggered a control button, leading the robot to reverse and accelerate rapidly.

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Alleged deployer: evolver
Alleged developer: evolver
Alleged harmed parties: fair-visitors

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/217

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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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