A ROBOT brutally killed a factory worker by pushing him into a conveyor belt after mistaking him for a box of vegetables.
The man, from South Korea, was working through a night shift before tragedy struck.
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The victim, a robotics company worker reportedly in his 40s, had been inspecting a machines sensor in a factory located in South Gyeongsang early this morning.
But while the machine was lifting boxes of peppers onto a pallet, it managed to hook onto the man with its metallic arm before horrifically pushing him against the moving conveyor belt.
As the man was forced into the machine, his face and chest were simultaneously crushed.
He was frantically dashed to the hospital, but later succumbed to his severe injuries, according to local reports.
The robot appears to have malfunctioned as it mistook the worker for a box of vegetables, police sources said.
Cops are now preparing to launch an investigation into the site’s safety managers for potential negligence in duties.
An official from the Donggoseong Export Agricultural Complex, which owns the factory, called for a “precise and…
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