Robot Crushes Factory Worker to Death

A 22-year-old worker in a Volkswagen
car factory in Germany has died from
injuries he sustained when he was
trapped by a robotic arm and crushed
against a metal plate.
According to The Telegraph, the man
was part of a team that was setting up
the automated machinery at the
factory in Kassel, north of Frankfurt,
according to Volkswagen.
The robot is a mechanical arm that
moves car parts into place, said Heiko
Hillwig, a spokesman for the
company.
Initial reports suggested human error
may have been to blame, rather than
a problem with the machine.
“We have begun an investigation to
find out exactly what happened and to
determine whether anybody was at
fault,” said Dr Götz Wied, a
spokesman.
The contractor is believed to have died
from injuries caused when his chest
was crushed by the robot arm. He was
rushed to hospital but doctors were
unable to save him.