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Tesla Optimus robot attacks workers?!
Musk urgently appeared to refute the rumors, and by the way, he criticized ** Transferring flowers and trees, it's shameful!
I believe that in the past two days, everyone has seen such a news.
The British "Daily Mail" reported that "Tesla's robot had a serious malfunction, attacked the engineer, and the process was very bloody", and Musk also "concealed it".
Although there is no optimus in the entire text, the text also states that the incident occurred two years ago. But such a title still caused misreading, and quickly occupied the hot search, causing heated discussions on the whole network.
The people who eat melons were indignant at this article and denounced the report as untrue:
It can't fight with Tesla's robot at all, and it can't be called an "attack", so I died laughing.
So, what is the ins and outs of the matter, and why are everyone from Musk to netizens so angry?
There were injuries, but the details were completely wrong.
Although the Daily Mail article does have quite a bit of controversy -
In addition to the "grafting" mentioned by Musk, some netizens added that the word "attack" is also inaccurate, implying that the attack is an active choice of the robot, which is inconsistent with the facts.
But in 2021, Tesla's Giga factory in Texas did have a mechanical injury incident.
An engineer was programming a malfunctioning robot when he was suddenly attacked from behind by a robotic arm on the production line, leaving an open wound on his hand.
The engineer was grabbed and pinned down by a robotic arm used to cut car parts, and the worker was able to break free after tapping the emergency stop button before sliding down the slide for several feet before stopping, leaving blood trails on the slide.
The incident was documented in documents submitted by Tesla to the authorities, which showed that "the object that caused the injury was a robot."
Subsequent information revealed that the detailed cause of the engineer's injuries was a mistaken belief that the working robotic arm had been shut down.
However, it seems that there are more accidents in Tesla's factories than in its peers.
As of 2022, 1 in 21 people at Tesla's factory has been injured, more than the industry median of 30, according to a survey by The Information.
In 2022, Tesla's workforce injury rate was 1 in 26, compared to 38 among peers with more than 250 employees.
At the same time, the article also said that the outsourcer data was not counted in these results, and that Tesla factories also underreported accidents or misclassified accidents.
At present, except for Musk's rumor refutation post, the other content in the "Daily Mail" article has not been responded to by Tesla, and the article has not been deleted or modified at present.
But what is certain is that none of this series of events has anything to do with Optimus, and as for other things, it is ...... to let the bullets fly a little longer
Netizen: Tesla is the traffic password.
In response to the Daily Mail article and Musk's reply, netizens prefer to believe the latter, believing that robots are not strong enough to have such a level of autonomy.
Some people quipped that if the landowner outside the Giga factory cut down the trees, would it be said that the Tesla robot would cause forest degradation?
However, although some netizens are also dissatisfied with this, they are not surprised, because Tesla has become a traffic password.
A slightly more professional commentary argues that in addition to Musk and Tesla's own traffic, another reason why this kind of fake news can attract attention is that it touches on people's excessive fear of new things.
While this fear is somewhat of a concern, it has been pointed out that the safety of robots is also a cause for concern.
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