Robot injures man, hardly a first

Generally, I try not to reguritate, but... a robot attacked a man at a Swedish factory and almost killed him.

"A Swedish company in Bålsta was been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm."

A disabled robot " ... suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself ..." but apparently suffered four broken ribs and was close to death.
[ from http://www.thelocal.se/19120.html ] It was, apparently, used for lifting heavy stones. According to prosecutor Leif Johansson it was "a first" and the blame rested with the company, but also partly with the injured man as well. [ fuller link in Swedish

Of course, as a robotics researcher I have been (slightly) injured by our robots several times. I'll bet the same is true of some of my colleagues or students.

How about the case in 2007 of a 45-year old Danish municipal worker who was killed by a Dvorak Spider 01 robot lawnmower (that fell on him). There's also the story of Shia LaBeouf (actor?) that was hit in the face by a fake robot during the making of the movie Transformers.

Once, back in 1997, an important government minister was visiting or lab and jumped in front of a wheeled robot to see it stop suddenly. Surprise! The robot was not running any collision avoidance software, and it was made of aluminum, and it has a think disk that jutted out around it's body. The minister tried to look stoic but he was limping when he left the lab!