A South Korean worker was crushed to death by an industrial robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables, local authorities said Thursday. The unidentified worker in Goseong succumbed to head ...

A man in South Korea died Tuesday after a robot was said to have mistaken him for a box and crushed him against a conveyor belt, police have said.

The humanoid robot—who is also known as R2—is the first of his kind to travel into space—and yet he’s still sitting around in a foam box! Here’s how the scolding over that issue went: ...