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The first person to be killed by an industrial robot was the American Robert Williams, in nineteen seventy-nine.

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Williams was retrieving parts at a Ford casting plant when a three-thousand-pound robotic arm struck him in the head, highlighting the need for safety standards.

Source: Industrial Safety

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