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2023-12-28 00:44:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DB0086B4EE5757D5D0407FAE1726DB93BA3E34A1B275AE40A9048F55D5A37E4E
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Original Note:
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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