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A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old boy during a chess game

A robot programmed to play chess broke from its opponent, a child under the age of seven, during an event in Moscow. The moment in which the mechanical arm grabs his finger and causes the injury was recorded on video.

The incident occurred on July 19 at the Moscow Chess Open. As can be seen in the images, the robot is moving a chess piece on a board, then the child takes another piece and positions it in another place, then the mechanical arm catches the child's finger.

Although the minor tries to get away, he does not succeed until he is helped by some adults.

The president of the Moscow Chess Federation Sergey Lazarev confirmed to the Tass news agency that the mechanical arm broke the boy's finger.

Apparently, there was no glitch in the system, the child simply crossed his hand over the tile that the robot was going to move for his next move.

"There are certain safety rules and the boy, apparently, broke them. When he made his move, the robot didn't realize that he had to wait first," said Sergey Smaging, vice president of the Russian chess federation.

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