Monday, February 9, 2015
Robot vacuum cleaner attack in South Korea puts humans on notice
Although some believe the first human casualties of the oft-imagined robot apocalypse will be factory workers, it turns out that the machine revolt may begin in the home, that is, if accidents count
Paramedics were reportedly called to save a woman in South Korea recently after her hair became trapped in the unrelenting mechanized maw of a robotic vacuum cleaner, a device that is now used by millions around the world
The problem arose when the 52-year-old woman from Changwon city somehow forgot to disable the device before going to sleep in a futon on the floor. After failing to free herself from the clutches of the robot servant, she called the fire department to come to her aid, after which paramedics freed her from the jaws of the tiny automaton. Despite the harrowing entanglement, she managed to avoid any serious injury, according to the Guardian Read more...
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