calronmoonflower
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Paranoid android: Cleaning gadget 'switches itself on' and moves onto kitchen hotplate in 'suicide bid'
But it had so much to live for!
But it had so much to live for!
Robot commits robocide.
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The home owner intends to sue.
It's a crap lawsuit. And there's a possibility it was arson by the homeowner, if not negligence.
The owner put the bot on the counter, to clean up a mess.
He allegedly turned the bot off.
The counter was next to a flat surface Stove (NOT a HOT PLATE)
The family LEFT the house
The bot re-activated (if it was ever off, or it's default cleaning time kicked in)
The bot moved onto the stove surface and pushed a pot off a burner
Apparently, the burner was on, because that's how the fire started.
So, the owner seems to have left his home with a burner on the stove still on.
And he's claiming it is the bot's fault.
Now it is possible the bot bumped into a button/knob that turned on the stovetop, but there's no visible knobs/buttons in the usual places on the top of the unit.
It's a crap lawsuit. And there's a possibility it was arson by the homeowner, if not negligence.
The owner put the bot on the counter, to clean up a mess.
He allegedly turned the bot off.
The counter was next to a flat surface Stove (NOT a HOT PLATE)
The family LEFT the house
The bot re-activated (if it was ever off, or it's default cleaning time kicked in)
The bot moved onto the stove surface and pushed a pot off a burner
Apparently, the burner was on, because that's how the fire started.
So, the owner seems to have left his home with a burner on the stove still on.
And he's claiming it is the bot's fault.
Now it is possible the bot bumped into a button/knob that turned on the stovetop, but there's no visible knobs/buttons in the usual places on the top of the unit.
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