Robo Incidents
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Categories

Browse the record by type of system: autonomous vehicles, delivery robots, drones, industrial and warehouse robots, humanoids, surgical robots and more.

14

Autonomous vehicles

Incidents involving vehicles operated by an automated driving system: robotaxis, driverless shuttles, self-driving trucks and test vehicles with a safety operator on board.

2 deaths · 5 injuries

3

Driver assistance

Crashes in which a Level 2 driver-assistance system such as Autopilot, Full Self-Driving (Supervised) or BlueCruise was engaged. Only cases with a federal investigation or a major regulatory consequence are recorded; this is not a census of every such crash.

3 deaths · 2 injuries

9

Delivery robots

Incidents involving sidewalk and campus delivery robots: collisions with people, vehicles and trains, fires, and blocked crossings or curb ramps.

0 deaths · 2 injuries

7

Drones

Incidents involving commercial or automated uncrewed aircraft: delivery drones, drone light shows, inspection and public-safety drones. Hobby flying is out of scope.

0 deaths · 2 injuries

13

Industrial robots

Incidents involving fixed industrial robots and robotic cells in factories: robot arms, palletizers and automated machinery that injured or killed workers.

11 deaths · 2 injuries

2

Warehouse robots

Incidents involving autonomous mobile robots, automated guided vehicles and robotic fulfillment systems in warehouses and distribution centers.

1 deaths · 54 injuries

3

Humanoid robots

Incidents and safety allegations involving humanoid robots in labs, factories and public demonstrations.

0 deaths · 0 injuries

3

Surgical robots

Specific, dated cases in which a robot-assisted surgery system was involved in patient harm, most of them known through litigation or regulator reports.

1 deaths · 1 injuries

2

Security robots

Incidents involving autonomous security patrol robots and police robots in public spaces.

0 deaths · 1 injuries

4

Consumer robots

Incidents and injury-linked recalls involving robots sold to households: robotic lawn mowers, robot vacuums, pool robots and home robots.

0 deaths · 2 injuries

0

Agricultural robots

Incidents involving autonomous tractors and other robotic farm equipment.

0 deaths · 0 injuries

2

Other robots

Incidents involving robotic systems that fit no other category: automated parking garages, restaurant and hospital robots, entertainment robots.

0 deaths · 0 injuries