Incidents in 2024
Recorded incidents involving robots, autonomous vehicles, drones and other physical AI systems in the United States during 2024.
- 8
- Incidents recorded
- 2
- Deaths
- 3
- Reported injuries
- 2024
- Years covered
8 records
Most recent first- Minor injury
Drones fall during New Year's Eve show in Folly Beach, injuring spectator
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.
- Disruption
Waymo robotaxi and Serve delivery robot collide at Los Angeles intersection
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.
- 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.
- Property damage
Two Amazon MK30 drones crash minutes apart at Pendleton test range
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.
- Disruption
Hijacked Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums shout slurs in 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.
- Property damage
Waymo robotaxi strikes utility pole in Phoenix alley, prompting recall
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.
- Fatal
Ford Mach-E using BlueCruise hits stopped SUV on I-10 in San Antonio
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.
- Fatal
Schreiber Foods worker killed in automated palletizer in Carthage
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.