Can robots commit suicide? The curious case of cyborg's death shocks South Korea
The crashed image of the robot after it fell on stairs.
In a never-heard incident, a civil servant robot committed suicide by throwing itself down a flight of stairs in South Korea.
The robot was working as a civil servant for a council and his mysterious death has left the people shocked.
Gumi City Council said that the robot became defunct after it smashed itself on a two-metre staircase.
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Gumi City said that the officials found the 'Robot Supervisor' smashed up and lying in the stairwell in between the council building's first and second floors.
Was the robot depressed due to workload? Council investigates mysterious death
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According to some witnesses, the robot was seen mysteriously "circling in one spot as if something was there" before it occurred, however, the exact cause is being investigated, said a city council official.
"Pieces have been collected and will be analysed by the company," said the official, further stating that the robot had "helped with daily document deliveries, city promotion, and delivered information" to local residents.
"It was officially a part of the city hall, one of us," added another official, further stating, "It worked diligently."
The local media questioned the robot's suicide, as headlines read, "Why did the diligent civil officer do it?" or questioned "Was work too hard" for the robot?
One of the netizens said on a social media platform, "If the workload had been too much, would he have spun around for a long time and then rushed down the stairs?" Meanwhile, another said: "I pray that scrap metal rests in peace."
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The robot was appointed in August 2023 and this was the first cyborg who was used as a council official
Bear Robotics, which is a California-based robot-waiter startup, made the robot that worked from 9 am to 6 pm. It also had a civil service officer card.
Unlike other robots, that generally use one floor, the Gumi City Council robot was able to go in an elevator and move across floors on its own.
(With inputs from agencies)