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Case Of The Killer Robot

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Case of the Killer Robot

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CASE OF THE KILLER ROBOT 2

Case of the Killer Robot

Introduction

On May 1992, a Robbie CX30 belonging to Silicon Techtronic presumed to lay an

industrial robot intelligence’s new standard, killed its operator, Bart Matthews at cybernetic, Inc.,

in Silicon heights (Epstein, & Melamed, 2000). The unfortunate incident occurred during Bart

Matthew’s first day to operate the Robbie CX30. Matthew was not entirely familiar with the

operation of the robot. Therefore, when it malfunctioned, he did not know what to do and his

attempts to stop it ended working towards his death. Randy Samuels who was the programmer of

the Robot CX30 bore the blame of Bart Matthew’s death. However, although Randy Samuels

bore all the weight of the blame, further investigations reveal that many other people were

directly or indirectly to blame for the unfortunate incident.

The Responsible Parties

Michael Watterson, the president of Silicon Techtronics, had his share of the blame. After

the sudden death of John Cramer who was previously the manager of the Robbie projects and the

then in charge of Robot CX30, he replaced him with Sam Reynolds who was a data manager

against the advice of the Chief division of robotics, Ray Johnson (Epstein, & Melamed, 2000)..

His choice was purely by cost because Ray knew that employing an expert from the outside

would be more expensive than internally. He also considered the fact that Reynolds was to hold a

managerial post as previously. He disregarded many other factors such as his expertise,

personality, and skills needed to run the team.

Sam Reynolds was an expert in data processing. He’s a hard character who will not buy

other people’s opinion. He just wanted his ideas followed. For instance, the team experts

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Running head: CASE OF THE KILLER ROBOT Case of the Killer Robot Name Institution 1 CASE OF THE KILLER ROBOT 2 Case of the Killer Robot Introduction On May 1992, a Robbie CX30 belonging to Silicon Techtronic presumed to lay an industrial robot intelligence’s new standard, killed its operator, Bart Matthews at cybernetic, Inc., in Silicon heights (Epstein, & Melamed, 2000). The unfortunate incident occurred during Bart Matthew’s first day to operate the Robbie CX30. Matthew was not entirely familiar with the operation of the robot. Therefore, when it malfunctioned, he did not know what to do and his attempts to stop it ended working towards his death. Randy Samuels who was the programmer of the Robot CX30 bore the blame of Bart Matthew’s death. However, although Randy Samuels bore all the weight of the blame, further investigations reveal that many other people were directly or indirectly to blame for the unfortunate incident. The Responsible Parties Michael Watterson, the president of Silicon Techtronics, had his share of the blame. After the sudden death of John Cramer who was previously the manager of the Robbie projects and the then in charge of Robot CX30, he replaced him with Sam Reynolds who was a data manager against the advice of the Chief division of robotics, Ray Johnson (Epstein, & Melamed, 2000).. His choice was purely by cost because Ray knew that employing an expert from the outside would be more expensive than internally. He also considered the fact ...
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