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Incident 217: Robot at a Chinese Tech Fair Smashed a Glass Booth, Injuring a Visitor

Description: At the 18th China Hi-Tech Fair, a robot suddenly smashed through a glass booth and injured a visitor, after a staff member reportedly mistakenly pressed a button, causing it to reverse and accelerate.

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Alleged: Evolver developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed fair visitors.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
217
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2016-11-16
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

7.3. Lack of capability or robustness

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. AI system safety, failures, and limitations

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

AI

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Unintentional

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Incident Occurrence+1
Chinese Robot Smashes Booth and Injures Man at Shenzhen Hi-Tech Fair
Chinese Robot Smashes Booth and Injures Man at Shenzhen Hi-Tech Fair

Chinese Robot Smashes Booth and Injures Man at Shenzhen Hi-Tech Fair

whatsonweibo.com

Tech-fair visitor is injured after a robot designed to teach CHILDREN 'loses control' and smashes a booth in China

Tech-fair visitor is injured after a robot designed to teach CHILDREN 'loses control' and smashes a booth in China

dailymail.co.uk

Chinese Robot Smashes Booth and Injures Man at Shenzhen Hi-Tech Fair
whatsonweibo.com · 2016

For the first time in China, a robot has ‘attacked’ and injured a person. The incident occurred at the 18th China Hi-Tech Fair, that kicked off in Shenzhen on November 16th.

A robot called ‘Little Chubby’ (小胖) was temporarily left without s…

Tech-fair visitor is injured after a robot designed to teach CHILDREN 'loses control' and smashes a booth in China
dailymail.co.uk · 2016

A visitor to a Chinese tech fair was injured yesterday after a robot suddenly went out of control and smashed a booth, according to Chinese media.

The three-foot-tall droid, which has been launched recently, is designed by a Chinese company…

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