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[GMCnet] OFF TOPIC - Robot at VW Plant Kills Worker! [message #281360]

Fri, 03 July 2015 01:00

USAussie

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G'day,

I stumbled on to this poking around Bob the oil guy's forum:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen-plant-in-germany

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Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

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Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

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Re: [GMCnet] OFF TOPIC - Robot at VW Plant Kills Worker! [message #281364 is a reply to message #281360]

Fri, 03 July 2015 01:58

Olly Schmidt

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Rob,

very said news. Made the headlines two days ago. They were setting up
the robot, and it wasn't yet a Volkswagen robot. Still :(

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Re: [GMCnet] OFF TOPIC - Robot at VW Plant Kills Worker! [message #281365 is a reply to message #281364]

Fri, 03 July 2015 05:16

Ken Burton

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Years ago a worker fell into a charging car of a local steel mill blast furnace. The operation of the blast furnace was run by an IBM 1800 process control computer. Even though another worker saw what happened, there was no way for him to immediately shut down the car computer controlled operation. The computer sent the car to the top of the furnace where it dumped it's load of material, including the worker, into the top of the furnace. The operation was changed after that and big emergency stop buttons were installed at various locations where workers could to signal the computer to immediately cease all movements.

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