BAD BOT: Chess robot goes rogue, pinches and breaks finger of 7-year-old opponent during tournament

BAD BOT: Chess robot goes rogue, pinches and breaks finger of 7-year-old opponent during tournament
The seven-year-old didn't wait for the robot to complete his move, which reportedly led to confusion (Video screenshot/Russian newspaper Baza on Telegram)

Robotic technology took a destructive turn after a chess-playing robot broke a seven-year-old boy's finger during a match at the Moscow Open on Tuesday, July 19. A video of the incident has surfaced on social media where a robot is seen pinching and grabbing the boy’s finger until a woman and three men rush to free him.

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The seven-year-old didn't wait for the robot to complete his move, which reportedly led to confusion. “There are certain safety rules and the child, apparently, violated them. When he made his move, he did not realise he first had to wait,” said Sergey Smagin, the Vice President of the Russian Chess Federation, to The TASS, reported The Guardian. “This is an extremely rare case, the first I can recall,” he added. Check out the video, here.