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A robot attacked a human for the first time

21.11.2016

The first case of a robot sabotaging a person was recorded in the Chinese city of Shenzhen (Guangdong Province, South China) at an IT exhibition. According to the information portal "Sina", Internet users have already dubbed this event "the prologue of the uprising of the machines."

At the exhibition, several hundred companies presented various goods and services in the field of high technologies. The owners of one of the booths presented to the public a small robot, which in its design and size is similar to the world-famous Star Wars hero - R2-D2.

The main purpose of the "droid", as conceived by the creators, was to educate children and entertain visitors. However, for an unknown reason, the unattended robot began to destroy the stand located near it, and when one of the employees tried to stop it, it completely ran over the man’s leg and pressed him.

The mass of the rebellious car turned out to be quite enough to cause serious injury: it is reported that the victim had to call an ambulance, and he could no longer move on his own, and the doctors needed a stretcher to evacuate him.

The developers of the newly-minted "terminator" could not explain the behavior of their offspring. According to them, the robot was intended for games with children from 4 to 12 years old. Internet users began to joke about whether they were witnessing the "beginning of the end of human civilization" and whether they should wait for the appearance from the future of Sarah Connor or one of her offspring, who could "lead the resistance" in the coming war with the machines.

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