Incidents in 2018
Recorded incidents involving robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and other physical AI systems in the United States during 2018.
- 4
- Incidents recorded
- 2
- Deaths
- 55
- Reported injuries
- 2018
- Years covered
4 records
Most recent first- Property damage
Kiwibot delivery robot catches fire on UC Berkeley campus
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.
- Serious injury
Automated machine punctures bear repellent at Amazon Robbinsville site
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.
- Fatal
Tesla Model X on Autopilot hits highway barrier in Mountain View
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.
- Fatal
Uber self-driving test vehicle fatally strikes pedestrian in Tempe
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.