Starship Technologies
delivery9 cases on recordfirst case 2019
Escalation index
11%
1 of 9 recorded incidents reached a regulator, a recall or a court.
By incident type
- other4
- collision3
- malfunction1
- lawsuit1
All cases
- 2024-02-01A Starship Technologies food delivery robot operated for S Group slid off an icy sidewalk in Helsinki, scratching both doors of a parked car, then fled the scene after a passerby placed it back on the road.Report
- 2024-01-17Two Starship delivery robots faced a stalemate on a Cambridge street corner, unable to pass each other.Report
- 2023-09-19A Starship delivery robot at Arizona State University abruptly changed direction, knocked over a university employee, and then reversed toward the victim while she was still on the ground, injuring her.Follow-up
- 2023-09-16Co-op delivery robots in Cambridge became confused by fire hoses and fire engines blocking the road during a derelict building fire and had to be carried over the obstructions by Cambridgeshire firefighters.Report
- 2023-01-01A Starship food delivery robot reversed into a 73-year-old ASU parking attendant on the Tempe campus, knocking her down and causing a laceration near her left elbow and subsequent back pain.Lawsuit
- 2021-09-01A Starship Technologies autonomous delivery robot was struck by a Ford Escape at the University of Kentucky, damaging the robot's wheels, while it appeared to have the right of way.Report
- 2020-09-16A Starship food delivery robot was flipped over after being involved in an accident with a car at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, prompting students to hold a memorial vigil.Report
- 2020-07-28A Starship Technologies delivery robot veered into a canal near New Bradwell in Milton Keynes and had to be retrieved by the company.Report
- 2019-10-21A Starship Technologies food delivery robot waiting in a curb ramp on Forbes Avenue at Pitt's campus blocked the path of a wheelchair-using doctoral student, Emily Ackerman, forcing her to alter her route to reach the sidewalk.Report
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