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> unless said robot is specifically designed to be almost completely incapable of applying any force to any parts of a human body

Be careful, but don’t beat yourself up over it. Many CNC milling shops regularly run jobs that cannot succeed without a human gripping the workpiece to control vibration.

The folks I really worry about are the waterjet cowboys. The garnet particles that lend a waterjet the power to cut titanium get embedded inches from the site of the wound, if that stream touches skin. Amputation one or two joints up from the wound is standard treatment.