WF-UNR6SU
Warehouse robot ruptures can of bear spray and injures workers
Twenty-four Amazon workers in New Jersey were hospitalized after a robot punctured a can of bear repellent spray in a warehouse.
- Date it happened
- 2018-12-05
- Organisation involved
- Amazon
- Product, system or model
- The robot was a warehouse assistance robot, but the technology did not include AI.
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