Kenji Urada

Kenji Urada

Kenji Urada (c. 1944 - 1981) was one of the first individuals killed by a robot. Urada was a 37-year old maintenance engineer at a Japanese Kawasaki plant. While working on a broken robot, he failed to turn it off completely, resulting in the robot pushing him into a grinding machine with its hydraulic arm. He died as a result. [http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7001829 Trust me, I'm a robot] , "The Economist", June 8, 2006; accessed online 6-III-2007.] [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4337 Smart software helps robots dodge collisions] , Duncan Graham-Rowe, article on newscientist.com dated November 3, 2003, accessed 6-III-2007.]

Urada is often said to be the first person killed by a robot. However, Robert Williams was killed by a robot two years earlier, in 1979. [ [http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/PI/lib00187,0EB295F7D995F801.html Death on the job: Jury awards $10 million to heirs of man killed by robot at auto plant] , Tim Kiska, "Philadelphia Inquirer", August 11, 1983.]

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