Delivery Robot Catches Fire; Company Blames It On Human Error
A delivery robot owned by Kiwibot was caught in flames while on duty last Friday. However, its creator has blamed the occurrence on “human error”. Kiwibots have been functional around the University of California, Berkeley campus since 2016, and have not reported a serious complaint as this. Students found the robot in flames and reported the incidence on social media. Immediately this became news, kiwi halted the activities of the robots, and began delivering foods manually. While the company has announced that it would provide measures to ensure that such incidence never happens again, it’s a known fact that the case with robots almost never ends with an absolute plan, as this will not be the first time that robots have “misbehaved”. Even though it always ends with a blame on the human behaviour, the total dependence on robots bothers on “human competence”. That human error will always exist could be a clear pointer that the ...