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Robotics, humanoids, industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, drones, and embodied AI systems

The First Robot Death Is Coming. We Just Don’t Know Whose.

Posted on May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 By Nuno Teodoro No Comments on The First Robot Death Is Coming. We Just Don’t Know Whose.
The First Robot Death Is Coming. We Just Don’t Know Whose.

Robots have already killed people. That’s not a prediction: it’s history. The year is 1979. Robert Williams, a worker at Ford, climbs into a five-story storage rack to retrieve parts manually after a robotic retrieval system begins giving false readings. The machine doesn’t stop. A robotic arm strikes him in the head, killing him instantly….

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