A seven-year-old boy's finger was broken by a robot while they were playing chess at a tournament in Moscow.
The boy tried to move the figure, and the robot crushed his finger because, according to the organizers, the boy was in a hurry to make the move.
Despite the injury, he finished the tournament with a cast on his hand.
"The robot broke the boy's finger, which is obviously a bad thing," Sergei Lazarev, head of the Moscow Chess Federation, told reporters.
He said that the federation does not actually own the robot, but rents it from its operators, and has been doing so for 15 years. The operators seem to have "overlooked" the possibility of the robot being "violent" in the safety protocols.
"The boy made a movement, but the robot needed to be given time to respond. However, he hurried and the robot caught him," explained Lazarev.
The incident happened during the Moscow Chess Open tournament, which was held from July 13 to 20. The footage shows bystanders rushing to free the child from the robot's clutches.
One of the organizers said that the boy "violated" the safety protocols and tried to make a move while it was the robot's turn.
"This robot has been playing for a long time, about 15 years. This is an extremely rare case, the first in my memory," he said.
The child's parents contacted the Moscow prosecutor's office after the incident, Lazarev said, adding that the chess federation will resolve the matter and try to help in any way possible.
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