robot cleaner attacks sleeping owner

[DrLeftover]

9 Feb

A robotic vacuum cleaner "attacked" a South Korean woman while she slept by attempting to suck up the hair on her head.

The woman, a 52-year-old resident of Changwon who has not been named, was awoken by the pain and, unable to extricate herself from the robot, called the fire department for help.

She was eventually freed by paramedics, escaping serious injury but losing several strands of hair.

It required two paramedics to remove her hair from the machine's nozzle, Korea Biz Wire reported.

The incident, which took place on January 3, highlighted the potential risk of this type of accident in South Korea, where sitting and sleeping on the floor is common practice.

The vacuum only stopped running more than a minute after initially ingesting the woman's hair.

She was still unable to free herself from the vacuum and made a "desperate rescue request" call to 119, South Korea's emergency telephone number.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/11399713/Robot-vacuum-cleaner-attacks-South-Korea-housewifes-hair.html

 

[Jazzy]

Stupid to fall asleep without turning the robot cleaner off first. Or maybe they should put bathing caps on their heads if they want to sleep with the robot cleaner left on.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

She was sleeping on the floor?

 

[Evil Eye]

She was sleeping on the floor?

It's a cultural thing, probably.

sleeping on the floor is common practice.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

She should have seen that coming then. Common sense...

 

[Dee]

It's very common to sleep and sit on the floor, but she should've turned the thing off before putting herself up to that potential situation. Now hopefully she's learned better. xD

 

[MrDawn]

That looks painful. Maybe she learned her lesson and will turn it off.

 

[Jazzy]

Glad I wasn't called to that scene. I'd probably laugh my ass off (in private of course).

 

[Icetex's iconIcetex]

so skynet it starts...