Robot kills man at German Volkswagen plant

Peter Gothard
Peter Gothard
clock 02 July 2015 •

Human error official cause of accident

A 22-year-old man has been crushed by a robot arm at a Volkswagen production plant in Germany. The stationary robot, which is designed to grab car parts and configure or otherwise manipulate them, instead...

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