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trucker · Jul 1, 2015

the old robot wasn't at fault trick, as blame the human because there expendable and robots are to important for the NWO corporations to loose out on, is this the future of robotics , blaming the human all the time for a robot that went haywire and murdered a human ?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-robot-kills-man-20150701-story.html

Heiko Hillwig said Wednesday the 22-year-old was part of a team that was setting up the robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate.

Hillwig said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot.
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ChiCowboy · Jul 1, 2015

LMAO! Good catch.

wgabrie · Jul 1, 2015

I think if the robot was at fault the company would be liable.

Watch as some poor sap gets the blame and has to pay restitution to any family of the victim.

Bow To The Robots · Jul 1, 2015

That's right, people. That's riiiiiiight. Mwah hah hah hah hah.

waltky · Nov 18, 2016

Employees on the line made to sacrifice for management's blunder...

Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs, cutting costs after scandal
Nov 18,`16 -- Volkswagen announced plans Friday to cut 30,000 jobs in a wide-ranging restructuring of its namesake brand as it tries to recover from a scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests.

The German company said the job cuts, which account to around 5 percent of its global workforce, are part of a long-term plan to improve profitability and shift resources and investment to electric-powered vehicles and digital services. At a news conference at Volkswagen's headquarters in Wolfsburg, company officials said 23,000 of the job cuts will be in Germany and that the measures will save some 3.7 billion euros ($4 billion) a year from 2020. Volkswagen employs around 120,000 people at its namesake brand in Germany. The company also said it would be hiring for some 9,000 new positions related to new technology, and that some of those jobs could go to current employees.

CEO Matthias Mueller said it was "the biggest reform package in the history of our core brand." In addition to Volkswagen, the company also makes cars under other brands including Porsche, Audi, SEAT, Skoda and Lamborghini. The announcement caps a difficult year for Volkswagen, which has been embroiled in an emissions-rigging scandal that damaged the company's reputation and cost it billions. In response, Volkswagen has agreed to pay $15 billion to U.S. authorities and owners of some 500,000 vehicles with software that turned off emissions controls. Around 11 million cars worldwide have the deceptive software.

A worker checks the Volkswagen sign on a Golf car during the so called 'Open Door Day' to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the German manufacturer Volkswagen Sachsen in Zwickau, eastern Germany. Volkswagen will announce its future strategy which might include job cuts in a press conference

The scandal has been a spur for the company to address longstanding problems such as high fixed costs at its manufacturing locations in Germany and excessively top-down management that many say created an environment that enabled the cheating. Herbert Diess, head of the core Volkswagen brand, conceded that Volkswagen had let its costs rise and "lost ground in terms of productivity." The changes, he said, would make the company "leaner and more efficient." The cuts are aimed at addressing Volkswagen's longstanding cost issue. Volkswagen, with 624,000 employees around the world, sells roughly the same number of cars as Toyota and General Motors - around 10 million a year. But Toyota does it with 349,000 workers and GM with 202,000.

One reason often cited for VW's higher cost-base and headcount is the role that employee representatives play at the company. As at other large German companies, employees have half the seats on the board, a power they can use to resist moving production outside Germany or to suppliers. In addition, the state of Lower Saxony, where the headquarters is located, owns a stake in the company and tends to support employee interests as well. The cuts will mainly fall on its 120,000-strong factory workforce in Germany. Job cuts are also foreseen in Brazil and Argentina. The jobs will be reduced through voluntary departures such as early retirement and attrition. Labor representatives won a guarantee of no involuntary layoffs through 2025.

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Sam Bellamy · Nov 18, 2016

First law! You violated the First law!

Durandal · Nov 18, 2016

trucker said: ↑

Heiko Hillwig said Wednesday the 22-year-old was part of a team that was setting up the robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate.

Hillwig said initial conclusions indicate that human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot.
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That means someone activated it at the wrong time or something. You can't blame the robot any more than you could blame the cinder block that might fall and kill someone on a construction site.

waltky · Sep 15, 2018

Volkswagen Beetle to end next year...

Volkswagen Beetle to end next year
Sat, Sep 15, 2018 -
Volkswagen on Thursday announced that it would end production of its iconic Beetle cars next year after adding a pair of final editions of the insect-inspired vehicles.

The curvy-topped sedans, which shook off Nazi origins to become a global auto phenomenon, are being sidelined as Volkswagen emphasizes electric cars and larger family-oriented vehicles, but company officials, still trying to completely turn the page after 2015’s costly “dieselgate” scandal, opened the door to reviving the model at some point, alluding to the company’s decision last year to unveil a revamped Volkswagen Bus as a possible template. “As we move to being a full-line, family-focused automaker in the US and ramp up our electrification strategy … there are no immediate plans to replace it, but I would also say never say never,” Volkswagen Group of America chief executive Hinrich Woebcken said in a statement. “The loss of the Beetle after three generations, over nearly seven decades, will evoke a host of emotions from the Beetle’s many devoted fans.”

Volkswagen Beetles are parked during the annual gathering of the Beetle Club in Yakum, Israel, on April 21 last year.

Volkswagen plans to offer the two final edition in both coupe and convertible styles. The cars are to include nods to earlier versions and be priced at US$23,045 and up, the company said. The vehicle’s history goes back to the Nazi era, having first been developed by Ferdinand Porsche with support from Adolf Hitler, who in 1937 formed state-run Volkswagenwerk, or “The People’s Car Company.” After the war, the Allied nations eventually made Volkswagen a priority in an effort to revive the German auto industry. The sedans made their US debut in the 1950s, but sales were weak, in part owing to the company’s Nazi origins.

Advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernback in 1959 rechristened the car the Beetle and began touting the vehicle’s small size as an advantage to consumers, according to the History Channel. The car attained further popularity with the 1968 Disney movie The Love Bug, the story of a racing Volkswagen with a mind of its own. Andy Warhol did prints featuring the car and a Beetle was also the most prominent car in the background of Abbey Road, the final Beatles album to be recorded. US sales ceased in 1979, but the vehicle continued to be produced in Mexico and Brazil. Volkswagen revived the “New Beetle” in the US 1997, but sales of the Beetle slipped 3.2 percent to 15,667 last year.

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