I'm not trying to make an argument, I'm trying to examine the argument made by someone else.

Personally, I believe that neither driverless cars nor "industrial robots" are "inherently unsafe". In fact I think the whole notion of "inherently unsafe" is flawed. An "industrial robot" playing chess with children can be fine if it's engineered well, which this particular robot evidently wasn't. Driverless cars can be fine if they're engineered well, which I would argue has not always been the case.