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South Korean Administrative Robot Shuts Down After Apparent Suicide

SEOUL: On Wednesday, a city council in South Korea announced that their first administrative officer robot

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SEOUL: On Wednesday, a city council in South Korea announced that their first administrative officer robot had become defunct after an apparent suicide by throwing itself down a staircase. Local media have expressed sorrow, labeling it the country’s first robot suicide.

Gumi City Council reported that the robot was found unresponsive after it apparently fell down a two-meter (six-and-a-half foot) staircase last week.

Witnesses observed the robot “circling in one spot as if something was there” before the incident occurred. The exact cause of the fall is still under investigation, according to a city council official who spoke to AFP.

“Pieces have been collected and will be analyzed by the company,” the official stated, adding that the robot had been assisting with daily document deliveries, city promotion, and providing information to local residents.

“It was officially a part of the city hall, one of us,” another official commented. “It worked diligently.”

Local media headlines have questioned the apparent robot suicide, with queries such as “Why did the diligent civil officer do it?” and “Was work too hard for the robot?”

Appointed in August 2023, the robot was one of the first to be utilized in this capacity in the city.

Manufactured by Bear Robotics, a California-based robot-waiter startup, the robot worked from 9 am to 6 pm and possessed its own civil service officer card.

Unlike other robots that typically operate on a single floor, the Gumi City Council robot could call an elevator and move between floors independently.

South Korea is among the world’s most enthusiastic adopters of robots, boasting the highest robot density globally, with one industrial robot for every 10 employees, according to the International Federation of Robotics.

Currently, Gumi City Council has no plans to introduce a second robot officer, as confirmed to AFP.

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