A sourced, neutral record of incidents involving robotaxis, delivery robots, drones, industrial robots and other physical AI systems in the United States.https://roboincidents.com/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-08-07-waymo-dallas-maple-avenue-pedestrian-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-08-07-waymo-dallas-maple-avenue-pedestrian-fatality/A pedestrian struck by a human-driven SUV on Maple Avenue in Dallas on August 7, 2026, was thrown into an unoccupied Waymo robotaxi in the opposite lanes and later died.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesWaymohttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-04-09-wybotics-wybot-robotic-pool-vacuum-recall-battery-fires/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-04-09-wybotics-wybot-robotic-pool-vacuum-recall-battery-fires/Wybotics recalled about 5,000 Wybot robotic pool vacuums on April 9, 2026 after ten reports of the units overheating or catching fire, nine of which caused property damage.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTConsumer robotsWyboticshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-03-22-serve-robotics-chicago-west-town-bus-shelter/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-03-22-serve-robotics-chicago-west-town-bus-shelter/A Serve Robotics delivery robot drove through a glass panel of a CTA bus shelter at Grand and Racine in Chicago's West Town. No one was hurt and Serve paid for the repair.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsServe Roboticshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-02-04-amazon-prime-air-mk30-richardson-apartment-building/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-02-04-amazon-prime-air-mk30-richardson-apartment-building/An Amazon Prime Air MK30 struck the outside of an apartment building in Richardson, Texas, during a delivery and fell onto a walkway. No one was hurt; damage was minor.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDronesAmazonhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-01-23-waymo-santa-monica-school-zone-child-struck/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-01-23-waymo-santa-monica-school-zone-child-struck/A driverless Waymo struck a 9-year-old who crossed mid-block from between stopped cars near a Santa Monica elementary school on January 23, 2026. NHTSA and the NTSB opened probes.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesWaymohttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-01-15-coco-robotics-miami-brightline-train-strike/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2026-01-15-coco-robotics-miami-brightline-train-strike/A Coco delivery robot stopped on railroad tracks in Miami and was hit and destroyed by a Brightline passenger train. No one was hurt. Coco blamed a rare hardware failure.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsCoco Roboticshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-12-06-tesla-optimus-miami-autonomy-visualized-demo-fall/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-12-06-tesla-optimus-miami-autonomy-visualized-demo-fall/A Tesla Optimus robot handing out water bottles at a Tesla event in Miami knocked bottles over and fell backward on December 6, 2025. No injuries were reported.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTHumanoid robotsTeslahttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-11-21-figure-ai-lawsuit-alleges-humanoid-struck-refrigerator-near-worker/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-11-21-figure-ai-lawsuit-alleges-humanoid-struck-refrigerator-near-worker/A former Figure AI safety engineer's November 2025 lawsuit alleges an F.02 humanoid malfunctioned and punched a refrigerator beside an employee. Figure denies the allegation.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTHumanoid robotsFigure AIhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-11-18-amazon-prime-air-mk30-waco-internet-cable/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-11-18-amazon-prime-air-mk30-waco-internet-cable/An Amazon MK30 drone clipped an overhead internet cable while climbing away from a backyard delivery in Waco, Texas, then landed itself. The FAA opened an investigation.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDronesAmazonhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-10-27-waymo-san-francisco-mission-store-cat-killed/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-10-27-waymo-san-francisco-mission-store-cat-killed/A Waymo robotaxi ran over and killed KitKat, a well-known store cat, outside a market on 16th Street in San Francisco's Mission District late on October 27, 2025.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesWaymohttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-10-22-avride-uber-eats-jersey-city-cyclist-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-10-22-avride-uber-eats-jersey-city-cyclist-collision/A cyclist says an Avride delivery robot working for Uber Eats moved into a Jersey City bike lane and caused a crash that broke his collarbone. He is suing both companies.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsAvrideUberhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-10-01-amazon-prime-air-mk30-tolleson-crane-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-10-01-amazon-prime-air-mk30-tolleson-crane-collision/Two Amazon MK30 delivery drones flying the same route hit the raised boom of a construction crane minutes apart in Tolleson, Arizona. One battery burned; no one was hurt.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDronesAmazonhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-09-22-waymo-atlanta-stopped-school-bus-pass/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-09-22-waymo-atlanta-stopped-school-bus-pass/A driverless Waymo drove around a school bus stopped with red lights flashing and stop arm out in Atlanta on September 22, 2025, starting a federal probe and a 3,067-car recall.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesWaymohttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-09-17-palermos-pizza-west-milwaukee-robotic-machine-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-09-17-palermos-pizza-west-milwaukee-robotic-machine-fatality/A 45-year-old employee at the Palermo's Pizza plant in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was crushed by a robotic machine on September 17, 2025, the medical examiner's office said.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTIndustrial robotsPalermo's Pizzahttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-09-12-serve-robotics-west-hollywood-mobility-scooter/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-09-12-serve-robotics-west-hollywood-mobility-scooter/A man with cerebral palsy said a Serve Robotics robot repeatedly cut off his mobility scooter on a West Hollywood sidewalk before they made contact. He was not injured.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsServe Roboticshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-07-tesla-robotaxi-austin-remote-operator-fence-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-07-tesla-robotaxi-austin-remote-operator-fence-collision/In July 2025, weeks after Tesla's Robotaxi service began in Austin, a remote operator who took over a stalled vehicle drove it over a curb and into a metal fence, Tesla told NHTSA.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesTeslahttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-04-08-zoox-las-vegas-robotaxi-passenger-car-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2025-04-08-zoox-las-vegas-robotaxi-passenger-car-collision/An unoccupied Zoox robotaxi collided with a passenger car in Las Vegas on April 8, 2025, after mispredicting the car's movement. Zoox paused operations and recalled software.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesZooxhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-31-lightyear-drones-folly-beach-drone-show/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-31-lightyear-drones-folly-beach-drone-show/About three minutes into a 250-drone New Year's Eve show at Folly Beach, drones began dropping from the sky. One man was struck and treated at the scene for minor scrapes.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDronesLightyear Droneshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-27-waymo-serve-robotics-los-angeles-intersection-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-27-waymo-serve-robotics-los-angeles-intersection-collision/A driverless Waymo making a right turn hit a Serve Robotics delivery robot that was trying to mount a curb. The impact was about 4 mph and neither vehicle was damaged.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsServe RoboticsWaymohttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-21-sky-elements-orlando-lake-eola-drone-show/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-21-sky-elements-orlando-lake-eola-drone-show/Drones in a 500-aircraft Sky Elements holiday show collided on liftoff at Lake Eola and one flew into the crowd, seriously injuring a child. The NTSB cited setup errors.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDronesSky Elementshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-16-amazon-prime-air-mk30-pendleton-test-crashes/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-12-16-amazon-prime-air-mk30-pendleton-test-crashes/Two Amazon MK30 delivery drones fell from about 200 feet within minutes of each other during testing in Oregon after faulty altitude readings cut power to their motors.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDronesAmazonhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-05-24-ecovacs-deebot-x2-robot-vacuums-hijacked-us-homes/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-05-24-ecovacs-deebot-x2-robot-vacuums-hijacked-us-homes/Intruders took remote control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in Minnesota, Los Angeles and El Paso in May 2024, driving them around homes and yelling slurs through the speakers.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTConsumer robotsEcovacshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-05-21-waymo-phoenix-utility-pole-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-05-21-waymo-phoenix-utility-pole-collision/An empty Waymo robotaxi hit a wooden utility pole in a Phoenix alley during a low-speed pullover on May 21, 2024. Waymo recalled software and maps on 672 vehicles.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesWaymohttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-02-24-ford-bluecruise-san-antonio-i10-stationary-vehicle-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-02-24-ford-bluecruise-san-antonio-i10-stationary-vehicle-fatality/A Ford Mustang Mach-E operating hands-free on BlueCruise struck a Honda CR-V stopped in a travel lane of I-10 in San Antonio on February 24, 2024, killing the Honda's driver.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDriver assistanceFordhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-02-06-schreiber-foods-carthage-automated-palletizer-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2024-02-06-schreiber-foods-carthage-automated-palletizer-fatality/A 48-year-old worker died on February 6, 2024, after becoming trapped in an automated palletizing machine at the Schreiber Foods plant in Carthage, Missouri.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTIndustrial robotsSchreiber Foodshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-12-11-waymo-phoenix-towed-pickup-double-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-12-11-waymo-phoenix-towed-pickup-double-collision/Two driverless Waymo vehicles struck the same pickup truck, which was being towed backward at an angle, minutes apart in Phoenix on December 11, 2023. Waymo later recalled software.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesWaymohttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-10-02-cruise-san-francisco-pedestrian-dragging/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-10-02-cruise-san-francisco-pedestrian-dragging/A driverless Cruise robotaxi ran over a pedestrian thrown into its path by another car in San Francisco on October 2, 2023, then dragged her about 20 feet while pulling over.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesCruiseGeneral Motorshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-09-22-starship-arizona-state-university-parking-attendant/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-09-22-starship-arizona-state-university-parking-attendant/A Starship delivery robot backed into a 73-year-old parking attendant at Arizona State University and knocked her down, a police report says. She later sued the company.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsStarship Technologieshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-08-24-aiper-elite-pro-robotic-pool-cleaner-recall-overheating-burn/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-08-24-aiper-elite-pro-robotic-pool-cleaner-recall-overheating-burn/About 22,000 Aiper Elite Pro cordless robotic pool cleaners were recalled on August 24, 2023 after 17 reports of overheating while charging, including one minor fingertip burn.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTConsumer robotsAiperhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-08-17-cruise-san-francisco-fire-truck-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-08-17-cruise-san-francisco-fire-truck-collision/A driverless Cruise robotaxi carrying a passenger collided with a fire truck responding to an emergency in San Francisco on August 17, 2023. The DMV had Cruise halve its fleet.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesCruiseGeneral Motorshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-07-22-tesla-fremont-fanuc-robot-arm-technician-injury-lawsuit/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-07-22-tesla-fremont-fanuc-robot-arm-technician-injury-lawsuit/A former Tesla robotics technician alleges a FANUC robot arm struck him and knocked him unconscious during disassembly at the Fremont factory on July 22, 2023.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTIndustrial robotsTeslaFANUChttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-04-22-disneyland-fantasmic-maleficent-dragon-animatronic-fire/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-04-22-disneyland-fantasmic-maleficent-dragon-animatronic-fire/The 45-foot animatronic Maleficent dragon in Disneyland's Fantasmic! show caught fire during a performance on April 22, 2023 and was engulfed in flames. No injuries were reported.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTOther robotsDisneyhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-03-agility-robotics-digit-promat-chicago-demo-fall/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2023-03-agility-robotics-digit-promat-chicago-demo-fall/Agility Robotics' Digit warehouse humanoid collapsed while moving containers in a live demonstration at the ProMat trade show in Chicago in March 2023. Nobody was reported hurt.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTHumanoid robotsAgility Roboticshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2022-09-13-serve-robotics-hollywood-high-police-tape/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2022-09-13-serve-robotics-hollywood-high-police-tape/A Serve Robotics delivery robot rolled under police tape and through an LAPD scene outside Hollywood High School during a reported shooting that turned out to be a hoax.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsServe Roboticshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-10-28-pony-ai-fremont-driverless-median-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-10-28-pony-ai-fremont-driverless-median-collision/A Pony.ai test vehicle in autonomous mode struck a center divider and a traffic sign in Fremont on October 28, 2021. California suspended its driverless testing permit.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesPony.aihttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-09-da-vinci-colon-surgery-boca-raton-patient-death-lawsuit/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-09-da-vinci-colon-surgery-boca-raton-patient-death-lawsuit/A 2024 federal lawsuit alleged that a da Vinci surgical robot burned a patient's small intestine during colon cancer surgery in Boca Raton in September 2021, leading to her death.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTSurgical robotsIntuitive Surgicalhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-06-amazon-prime-air-mk27-pendleton-crash-field-fire/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-06-amazon-prime-air-mk27-pendleton-crash-field-fire/An Amazon Prime Air MK27 prototype lost power on a test flight in eastern Oregon, fell about 160 feet and set several acres of wheat stubble on fire. No one was injured.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDronesAmazonhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-tesla-giga-texas-engineer-injured-by-industrial-robot/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2021-tesla-giga-texas-engineer-injured-by-industrial-robot/An engineer at Tesla's Austin factory was injured by an industrial robot in 2021. Witness accounts published in 2023 describe a more serious event than Tesla's injury report.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTIndustrial robotsTeslahttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2020-02-20-smart-columbus-easymile-linden-leap-sudden-stop/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2020-02-20-smart-columbus-easymile-linden-leap-sudden-stop/An EasyMile autonomous shuttle on Columbus's Linden LEAP route braked suddenly at 7.1 mph on February 20, 2020, and a passenger fell from her seat. NHTSA then halted rides.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesEasyMilehttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2019-10-21-starship-university-of-pittsburgh-wheelchair-curb-cut/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2019-10-21-starship-university-of-pittsburgh-wheelchair-curb-cut/A wheelchair user said a Starship delivery robot sat in a curb cut on Forbes Avenue and blocked her way out of traffic. The University of Pittsburgh paused the robots for days.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsStarship Technologieshttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-12-14-kiwibot-uc-berkeley-battery-fire/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-12-14-kiwibot-uc-berkeley-battery-fire/A Kiwibot food delivery robot caught fire on the UC Berkeley campus. No one was hurt. Kiwi blamed a defective battery installed by mistake and briefly pulled its fleet.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDelivery robotsKiwibothttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-12-05-amazon-robbinsville-bear-repellent-automated-machine/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-12-05-amazon-robbinsville-bear-repellent-automated-machine/An automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at Amazon's Robbinsville, New Jersey fulfillment center on December 5, 2018, sending about two dozen workers to hospitals.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTWarehouse robotsAmazonhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-03-23-tesla-autopilot-mountain-view-us101-barrier-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-03-23-tesla-autopilot-mountain-view-us101-barrier-fatality/A Tesla Model X using Autopilot steered into a gore area on US-101 in Mountain View on March 23, 2018, and hit a damaged crash attenuator, killing the 38-year-old driver.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDriver assistanceTeslahttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-03-18-uber-atg-tempe-pedestrian-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2018-03-18-uber-atg-tempe-pedestrian-fatality/An Uber test vehicle operating in autonomous mode with a safety operator struck and killed a 49-year-old pedestrian crossing N. Mill Avenue in Tempe on March 18, 2018.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesUberhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2017-11-08-keolis-navya-las-vegas-shuttle-truck-collision/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2017-11-08-keolis-navya-las-vegas-shuttle-truck-collision/A delivery truck backing into an alley struck a stopped Navya autonomous shuttle carrying seven passengers in downtown Las Vegas on November 8, 2017. No one was hurt.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTAutonomous vehiclesKeolisNavyahttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2017-07-17-knightscope-k5-washington-harbour-fountain/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2017-07-17-knightscope-k5-washington-harbour-fountain/A Knightscope K5 security robot patrolling the Washington Harbour complex in Georgetown rolled down steps into a fountain. No one was hurt and the robot was replaced.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTSecurity robotsKnightscopehttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2016-07-07-knightscope-k5-stanford-shopping-center-toddler/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2016-07-07-knightscope-k5-stanford-shopping-center-toddler/A 300-pound Knightscope K5 security robot collided with a 16-month-old boy at Stanford Shopping Center, leaving him with a scraped, swollen leg. The mall suspended its robots.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTSecurity robotsKnightscopehttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2016-06-18-ajin-usa-cusseta-robotic-cell-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2016-06-18-ajin-usa-cusseta-robotic-cell-fatality/A 20-year-old temporary worker at auto parts maker Ajin USA in Cusseta, Alabama, was fatally crushed on June 18, 2016, when a robot restarted as she cleared a sensor fault.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTIndustrial robotsAjin USAhttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2016-05-07-tesla-autopilot-williston-truck-collision-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2016-05-07-tesla-autopilot-williston-truck-collision-fatality/A Tesla Model S using Autopilot features struck a semitrailer turning across US-27A near Williston, Florida, on May 7, 2016, killing the car's driver.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTDriver assistanceTeslahttps://roboincidents.com/incidents/2015-12-09-washington-bottling-warehouse-laser-guided-vehicle-fatality/https://roboincidents.com/incidents/2015-12-09-washington-bottling-warehouse-laser-guided-vehicle-fatality/A 45-year-old dock coordinator at a Washington State water bottling warehouse was crushed on December 9, 2015, when the forks of a laser guided vehicle lowered onto him.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTWarehouse robots