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2023-12-27 15:48:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BC9A6E2B77B5761AB8222A9ABFBABC24F327EBAAB438F8A3DD47BE392C82C319
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The incident refers to an event in 2021, when a robotic arm in an assembly line malfunctioned and caused a minor injury to a Texas employee. The post (and headline) refer to the arm as “a robot” to deliberately mislead the reader. Source is article itself: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12869629/Tesla-robot-ATTACKS-engineer-companys-Texas-factory-violent-malfunction-leaving-trail-blood-forcing-workers-hit-emergency-shutdown-button.html
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