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36 American factory worker Robert Williams became the first human to be killed by a robot on this day in 1979 — man crushed by a robot’s mechanical arm at the Ford plant in Flat Rock

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Tom's Hardware · today 11:22 EDT

American factory worker Robert Williams became the first human to be killed by a robot on this day in 1979 —  man crushed by a robot’s mechanical arm at the Ford plant in Flat Rock

Today marks the anniversary of what is widely regarded to be the first death of a human caused by a robot.

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