Year
Incidents in 1979
Recorded incidents involving robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and other physical AI systems in the United States during 1979.
- 1
- Incident recorded
- 1
- Death
- 0
- Reported injuries
- 1979
- Years covered
1 record
Most recent first- Fatal
Ford casting plant worker killed by parts-retrieval robot in Flat Rock
A 25-year-old worker at Ford's Flat Rock, Michigan casting plant was struck and killed by a transfer vehicle of an automated parts storage system in January 1979.