Automation often represents:
Productivity and productivity improvements
But it is also questioned that it will deprive humanity of jobs
Automation
New risks may also arise
It has been reported in the media before
A man in his 40s in South Korea
in an agricultural distribution center
When inspecting robot sensors
Mistaken by a bot for a box of bell peppers
Disaster "杀害"
Tesla bot suddenly hurts someone?
Musk refutes rumors: The report is shameless
According to media reports on December 26, at Tesla Motors' factory near Austin, the capital of Texas, there was a brutal and bloody accident in 2021, and an engineer was attacked by robots.
Screenshot of the British "Daily Mail" report
Two witnesses were reportedly horrified to see their colleagues attacked by a robot used to grab and move newly minted aluminum car parts.
The engineer was writing a software program for two nearby malfunctioning Tesla robots that suddenly crushed him and then extended its metal claws to the engineer's back and arms, leaving a trail of "blood" on the factory floor.
The incident left the victim with an "open wound" on his left hand. Tesla's work-related injury report filed with Travis County and federal regulators revealed the incident, which was seen by the site's reporters.
But soon, on December 27, local time, Musk responded to a report that Tesla's factory robots "attacked" human engineers, saying that the media's implication that the "Optimus Prime" humanoid robot harmed humans was shameless, because at that time, "it was completely operating according to the program, obviously, the engineer thought it was powered off, but in fact it was not." ”
Musk also pointed out that, judging from the available information, the "Optimus Prime" humanoid robot at this stage is far from enough to carry out an "attack" on humans. Media reports used images of the "Optimus Prime" humanoid robot, but "Optimus Prime" was only released for the first time in 2021 in the form of a concept art.
British media: Tesla concealed the number of work-related injuries
The injury rate is higher than the industry median
A lawyer representing Tesla's Texas Gigaworks contractor reportedly believes the number of injuries at the plant is underestimated. "We have a number of workers injured and one worker killed, but their situation is not accurately presented in the report to the regulator because Tesla wants to continue to get tax benefits," she said. ”
Other media reports have expressed growing concerns about the working conditions at Tesla's Gigafactory in Texas, with data showing that the injury rate of workers at the plant is higher than the industry median, with almost 1 in 26 workers injured.
Previously, Tesla was sought after by the industry because of its efficient automated production facilities. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that between 2017 and 2019, he painstakingly reformed and finally achieved mass production ramp-up. Nearly all of Tesla's component production is 75% automated.
But behind the efficiency, Tesla's report also disclosed a variety of causes of work-related injuries, including blunt force trauma or chemical burns. In August 2022, an employee tripped on his ankle on a mobile trolley, leaving him unable to work for more than four months. Soon after, another material handler was hit in the head by a metal object and rested for 85 days.
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