In an automated factory in 1979, Robert Williams became one of the first men killed by one of these (shades of Asimov)
The first rule spelled out in Asimov's 1950s I, Robot stories says: A robot may ... 
Photo: Robot arms assemble truck bodies in the fully automated Ford... [DOC] [TLE] First human to be killed by a robot | Guinness World Records [PAR] Jan 25, 1979 ... On 25 January 1979, Robert Williams (USA) was struck in the head and killed by 
the arm of a 1-ton production-line robot in a Ford Motor Company ... system that 
moved material from one part of the factory to another; when the... [DOC] [TLE] Kenji Urada - Wikipedia [PAR] Kenji Urada (c. 1944  July 4, 1981) was a Japanese engineer who was killed by 
a robot.