"This article, which appeared in the 'Science' section of the Daily Mail, looks like Optimus Prime has decided to attack an engineer. They are actually talking about the KUKA robot injury incident that occurred at the factory in 2021. While injuries are scary, it doesn't mean the robots will rebel. ”
'Attack' means that it has made a decision. The robot was completely programmed. Apparently, the staff member thought it was closed, but there was no "......."Recently, many users on the X platform have heated discussions about the Tesla robot outbreak and hurting people.
And this is mainly based on a report in the British "Daily Mail", which pointed out that in a brutal and bloody accident at Tesla Motors' factory near Austin, the capital of Texas, an engineer was attacked by robots. Two witnesses were horrified to see their colleagues attacked by a robot used to grab and move freshly minted aluminum car parts.
At the time, the engineer was writing a software program for two nearby malfunctioning Tesla robots, which suddenly pressed him down and then extended its metal claws to the engineer's back and arms, leaving a "blood trail" on the factory floor. The incident left the victim with an "open wound" on his left hand. After a colleague pressed the emergency stop button, the engineer was able to free himself from the robot. He then fell off a chute used to collect scrap aluminum, aggravating his injuries.
In fact, although the Tesla robot was indeed unveiled in 2021, it was only a demonstration of the concept of a humanoid robot at that time. Starting in February 2023, Tesla launched its first humanoid robot project, Bumblebee. The Tesla "Optimus Prime" robot shown in the picture reported by the "Daily Mail" will not officially debut until March 2023.
It is reported that Tesla's 2021 workplace injury report filed with Travis County and federal regulators disclosed the incident. The report also revealed a high rate of injury, poor working conditions and safety breaches at the GIGA plant in Texas. In addition, there are also reports that almost one in every 21 workers in Tesla's factories was injured on the job in 2022, while the industry average is one in 30 workers, and Tesla may have concealed the number of factory robot attacks on workers.
* The description of the incident outraged Musk, who responded to the Tesla robot's "attack" on an engineer on platform X, saying: "It's shameful to turn over the injuries caused by a simple industrial KUKA robotic arm two years ago, and to imply that the injuries are now caused by the Optimus Prime robot." He also said that Optimus Prime robots will bring about a "future of affluence" where there is no poverty and people can have any product and service they want.
However, Musk's optimism about the Optimus Prime robot has not dispelled concerns about the safety of Tesla's factories. In 2020, California regulators said Tesla sent them an incomplete factory injury report. Although Tesla did not report any other robot-related injuries to regulators in 2021 and 2022, concerns about the risks posed by automated robots in the workplace have remained concerned in recent years.
The editor of "Automotive Professional Network" noticed that in February this year, in the welding workshop of Tesla's Shanghai factory, two employees did not strictly implement the LOTO procedure, and the equipment was accidentally started, resulting in an employee being crushed to death in the equipment area. In October, the German Metal Industry Union said that Tesla's German factory was understaffed and inadequate safety measures had led to a large number of accidents, and it was not uncommon for about 30% of workers to take time off due to illness. Germany** cited documents from local authorities as saying that the number of work-related accidents at Tesla's factories, which required at least three days of leave, was unusually high, and that documents from local authorities detailed accidents that included serious injuries such as burns, hydrochloric acid or amputation.
Hannah Alexander, a labor protection lawyer, further pointed out that Tesla apparently whitewashed the injuries of its workers in order to receive subsidies from the state of Texas and the federal. Many of the workers she spoke to said their injuries were not reported.