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Typically, all kinds of safety devices — including bells, cages, flashing lights, kill switches, proximity, and audible alarms — are routinely installed to protect employees from co-worker robots. Nevertheless, a woman was reportedly killed by a malfunctioning box-moving robot in a California plant. Eventually the investigation will conclude. Do you think this was a fluke accident, operator error, not following safety rules, or what?
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