Kenji Urada

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Kenji Urada (born c. 1944, died 1981) was notable in that he was one of the first individuals killed by a robot. Urada was a 37-year old maintenance engineer at a 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.[1],[2] Urada is often said to be the first person killed by a robot. However, Robert Williams was killed by a robot earlier, in 1979.[3]

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  1. ^ Trust me, I'm a robot, The Economist, June 8, 2006; accessed online 6-III-2007.
  2. ^ Smart software helps robots dodge collisions, Duncan Graham-Rowe, article on newscientist.com dated November 3, 2003, accessed 6-III-2007.
  3. ^ 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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