“He was one of us.” In South Korea, The suicide of a robot civil servant is the subject of many questions. He appears to have thrown himself from a staircase Thursday, June 20, late afternoon. The android had been working for almost a yearfrom 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Gumi town hall.
He helped municipal employees send administrative documents and also delivered mail. He even had his own civil service card. But this Thursday, June 20, the robot behaved strangely. He was spinning around at the top of a staircase. And then he gave up.
The metal block shattered about ten steps below. He was found inert by witnessesquestioned by investigators. The municipality has opened an investigation to shed light on this story. Parts of the robot were sent to its Californian manufacturer for analysis.
The local press has taken up the subject.Was the work too hard for him?” headlined several Korean newspapers. Gumi City Hall, which was spending around 1,300 euros per month on the robot, has no plans to replace it for the time being.
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