Robotic vacuums free many people from the mundane job of cleaning their floors. A 52-year-old woman in South Korea, however, was involved in a terrible accident with one of those cleaning devices.

Robotic vacuums free many people from the mundane job of cleaning their floors. A 52-year-old woman in South Korea, however, was involved in an unfortunate incident with one of those cleaning devices.

She was reportedly taking a nap on the floor when the autonomous vacuum somehow mistook her hair for dirt and began sucking up the strands.

It's customary for some South Koreans to sleep on their floors.

In this incident, the pain that resulted from the device tugging on her hair caused her to wake up.

She couldn't pull the strands out on her own, as by that time, they had become tangled into the inner workings of the vacuum. She contacted the fire department for assistance and first responders were dispatched to the home.

With the woman lying face-down on the floor, EMTs were able