Tesla has been at the forefront of a lot of innovations in the electric vehicle field and they are making use of robots in their factory in Texas. The company is run by Elon Musk who has shown he isn’t afraid to explore breakthrough technology not only with Tesla but also with things like Space X. But anything can run into problems.
According to a report from the Daily Mail, something went wrong in what sounded like a bad television movie with an assembly robot gone haywire.
The incident occurred at the Tesla’s Giga Texas factory:
Two witnesses watched in horror as their fellow employee was attacked by the machine designed to grab and move freshly cast aluminum car parts.
The robot had pinned the man, who was then programming software for two disabled Tesla robots nearby, before sinking its metal claws into the worker’s back and arm, leaving a ‘trail of blood’ along the…