Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger

[Baldbloke]

Bad loser maybe?

Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger during Moscow Open

The child was trying to make his next move at the Moscow Open when the robot grabbed him.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Malevolence]

Russia, even their chess robots are violent sociopathic child killers.

 

[Semple]

Only in Russia.

 

[darael]

Checkmate.

 

[C Kent]

 

[VincentHanna]

In Soviet Russia, robots break you.

 

[turbot1984]

They'll now scrap the robot as it was programmed to pull his arm off.

 

[cheesyboy]

It that allowed in chess?

 

[throwaway4372]

They could have made a better video...

 

[Mysterae_]

"Let go!".

"I'm sorry, Daveski. I'm afraid I can't do that".

 

[labbby]

hmmm skynet

 

[Dis86]

Never knew chess was a contact sport!

 

[Raiden85]

And so it begins

 

[Hotwired]

V2 of the chess robot will replace the steel claw with a soft silicone gripper to screams of HEALTH AND SAFETY GONE MAD in a Russian accent.


V3 will make some minor tweaks to the speed and force of the industrial arm due to an unfortunate decapitation incident.

 

[Raymond Lin]

You got to wonder when they design the mechanism that picks up the chess pieces, they must work out how much force it needs…

 

[Doggie2k]

No need to worry that robot was there only for Special Operation chess game

 

[ElliorR]

You got to wonder when they design the mechanism that picks up the cheese pieces, they must work out how much force it needs…

Yes, the perfect amount of force for picking up a chess piece is the same as the perfect amount to break a child's finger. Good job the kid wasn't playing dominoes against a dominoes robot.

 

[robfosters]

Nice bit of compo there

 

[Tony Edwards]

Nice bit of compo there

On Russia? Not likely. Anyway to be fair the child did look like it was cheating.

 

[robfosters]

On Russia? Not likely. Anyway to be fair the child did look like it was cheating.

I never knew it was ok to break a child’s fingers if they’re cheating