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A chess robot broke the finger of a seven-year-old boy playing in a tournament in Russia, according to reports from local news outlets (seen via The Guardian<\/em><\/a>). <\/p>\n
The incident happened last week at the Moscow Chess Open, where the robot was hired to play competitors. Video of the incident (below) shows the machine is a standard industrial robot arm customized to move pieces on three chess boards simultaneously. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe robot broke the child\u2019s finger. This, of course, is bad,\u201d Sergey Lazarev, President of the Moscow Chess Federation, told Russian news agency TASS<\/a> (translation via Google Translate). <\/p>\n
Said Lazarev: \u201cThe robot was rented by us, it has been exhibited in many places, for a long time, with specialists. Apparently, the operators overlooked it. The child made a move, and after that we need to give time for the robot to answer, but the boy hurried, the robot grabbed him. We have nothing to do with the robot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"CyVHjW\">It\u2019s not clear what explanation \u2014if any \u2014 the robot\u2019s creators have offered for this accident, but such incidents are not unusual in scenarios where robot engineers have failed to properly consider safety protocol around humans. <\/p>\n<p id=\"4TDfkI\">In most industrial environments, robots are essentially unseeing operators. They move along set paths at set times, and often lack sensors to recognize or respond to nearby humans. In other words: if you move into their path, they won\u2019t know you\u2019re there. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"XxCLEM\"><q>Many robots operate blind \u2014 this one shouldn\u2019t have<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"ZjxsIl\">This sort of blind collision has been the cause of many robot fatalities. The first such incident is generally thought to have taken place in 1979, when Ford factory worker Robert Williams was crushed by a robot arm. The US Department of Labor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/AccidentSearch.search?acc_keyword=%22Robot%22&#038;keyword_list=on\">logs these deaths<\/a>, which tally roughly one fatality a year, though the statistics vary based on different companies\u2019 definition of a robot. For example, is a conveyer belt a robot? Or a molding machine?<\/p>\n<p id=\"AYvAVd\">In the case of the chess robot, it seems the device was designed only to identify and move chess pieces \u2014 not respond to the appearance of a human hand in its playing area. <\/p>\n<p id=\"lrLsxd\">\u201cThere are certain safety rules and the child, apparently, violated them. When he made his move, he did not realize he first had to wait,\u201d Sergey Smagin, vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation, told a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/bazabazon\/12441\">Telegram-based news channel Baza<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2022\/jul\/24\/chess-robot-grabs-and-breaks-finger-of-seven-year-old-opponent-moscow\">according to <em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"QEpKch\">However, it\u2019s more accurate to say that the robot\u2019s designers violated safety rules by creating a machine that could inadvertently hurt humans. A number of basic features could have prevented the accident \u2014 from placing a camera above the chess board that disables the robot\u2019s movement if foreign objects appear in frame, to limiting the force that can be output by the robot\u2019s arm. <\/p>\n<p id=\"MWGhnS\">Although footage of the incident is distressing, according to Lazarev the child was soon recovered enough to continue to play. \u201cThe child played the very next day, finished the tournament in a cast, and the volunteers helped to record the moves,\u201d Lazarev told <em>TASS<\/em>. \u201cThe robot operators, apparently, will have to think about strengthening protection so that this situation does not happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/25\/23276982\/chess-robot-breaks-childs-finger-russia-tournament\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/25\/23276982\/chess-robot-breaks-childs-finger-russia-tournament<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: A chess robot broke the finger of a seven-year-old boy playing in a tournament in Russia, according to reports from local news outlets (seen via The Guardian). 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