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This android helped the inhabitants of the municipality of Gumi, in the center of the country. The local press wonders if “The work was not too hard for the robot”.
This is an unusual news item. In South Korea, a robot employed as a municipal official appears to have thrown itself from the top of a staircase, without the reasons for this action being explained. The town hall of Gumi which opened an investigation into the reasons for this fall in this country keen on robotics.
For almost a year, this android had been helping residents of the municipality of Gumi, in the center of the country, to carry out administrative tasks, a manager of the municipal team explained to AFP. He was found last week at the bottom of a staircase, inert.
Just before its fall, witnesses saw the robot “go around in circles as if something were there”the official added, saying the cause of the incident is under investigation. “Parts have been collected and will be analyzed” by the company that designed it, he added. “He was officially part of the town hall, he was one of us”lamented another official.
The robot had its own civil service card
Developed by the Californian company Bear Robotics, the robot worked from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and had its own public service card. Unlike other androids confined to a single level, he could call the elevator and move from one floor to another.
The local press took up the subject, with some headlines wondering, on the front page, “why did this hardworking civil servant act in this way” you are “the work was too hard for the robot”.
South Korea is one of the countries keen on robotics. It has the highest density of robots in the world, with one android for every ten employees, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
