Incidents in Florida
Recorded incidents involving robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and other physical AI systems in Florida, each with sources.
- 6
- Incidents recorded
- 3
- Deaths
- 1
- Reported injuries
- 2012–26
- Years covered
6 records
Most recent first- Property damage
Brightline train destroys Coco delivery robot stalled on tracks in Miami
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.
- Disruption
Tesla Optimus humanoid falls backward during public demo in Miami
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.
- Serious injury
Drone show collision at Orlando's Lake Eola seriously injures child
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.
- Fatal
Suit alleges da Vinci robot burned patient's intestine in Florida surgery
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.
- Fatal
Tesla Model S on Autopilot hits crossing truck near Williston, Florida
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.
- Fatal
Temporary worker crushed by palletizer at Bacardi Bottling in Jacksonville
A temporary worker on his first day at Bacardi Bottling in Jacksonville, Florida, was crushed in August 2012 when a palletizing machine was restarted while he cleaned under it.