Sergey Lazarev said that the incident happened at the Moscow Chess Open after the boy threw himself at the robot.
“The robot broke a child’s finger, which, of course, is bad,” Lazarev said.
“The robot was rented from us, and has been exhibited in many places by specialists for a long time. Apparently, the operators overlooked some shortcomings. The child made a move, and after that you need to give the robot time to react, but the boy hurried up, the robot grabbed him. We don’t need a robot.”
The boy continued to compete at the forum after he had a cast placed on his finger, Lazarev said on Thursday. The incident happened last Tuesday.
“The next day, the child played, finished the tournament in a cast, and the volunteers helped record the moves,” Lazarev added.
“We will coordinate our actions to understand what happened and try to help [the family] anyway we can. And the operators of the robots, apparently, will have to think about strengthening the protection so that this situation does not happen again. ”
A video posted on Baza’s Telegram channel shows the robot grabbing the boy’s finger. After a brief struggle, several bystanders help free the child’s hand and lead him away from the table.
“The robot did not like such a hurry – he grabbed the boy by the index finger and squeezed it hard. Passers-by rushed to help and pulled out the finger of the young player, but they could not avoid a fracture, ”the Baza telegram channel said in a message. in your post.
From 13 to 21 July, the Moscow Chess Open was held in the Russian capital.
