Unitree Robotics vs Boston Dynamics
Unitree Robotics: 9 incidents on record recorded between 2025 and 2026, 4 where a person was hurt. Every case links to the sources it rests on.
Boston Dynamics: 4 incidents on record recorded between 2021 and 2026, none recording an injury. Every case links to the sources it rests on.
Counts are events documented in the press the register reads that cleared verification, not a safety rating: fleet sizes are not public, and a widely covered company accumulates more cases than a smaller one with the same incident. The escalation share is the one number that normalises itself. Formula on the methodology page.
Reading the numbers
Unitree Robotics has 9 cases on record against 4 for Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics's record begins earlier, in 2021, against 2025.
A person was hurt in 44% of Unitree Robotics's cases and 0% of Boston Dynamics's. Both have the same escalation share, 0%.
Unitree Robotics's cases are mostly about humanoid robots, Boston Dynamics's about service robots. The more recent case belongs to Unitree Robotics, dated 2026-10-10.
Unitree Robotics
- Cases on record9
- A person was hurt4
- Fatal0
- Reached a regulator, recall or court0
- Escalation share0%
- First case on file2025
- Latest case2026-10-10
Boston Dynamics
- Cases on record4
- A person was hurt0
- Fatal0
- Reached a regulator, recall or court0
- Escalation share0%
- First case on file2021
- Latest case2026-01-07
Both records, newest first
Each case links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2026-10-10Cologne police seized a Unitree humanoid robot and investigated two suspects after the robot allegedly groped a 16-year-old girl during a livestreamed incident on October 10, 2026, according to Cologne Police.Investigation
- 2026-05-20A Unitree humanoid robot fell twice while performing Michael Jackson's moonwalk at an event organized by robot store Future Era in Shenzhen, China, and had to be dragged off stage by staff.Follow-up
- 2026-05-02A Unitree humanoid robot malfunctioned during a festive performance in a Beijing park, aggressively flailing its limbs near human dancers until organizers powered it down.Report
- 2026-02-18A Unitree G1 humanoid robot lost its balance while performing in front of a crowd in China, flailed its limbs during a recovery attempt, and kicked a man (apparently its operator) in the nose, causing bleeding and a possible fracture.Report
- 2026-01-07Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot performed a backflip during a CES 2026 demonstration in Las Vegas, landing successfully but losing its hand in the process.Report
- 2025-11-05A Unitree G1 humanoid robot tested by YouTuber Cody Detwiler spilled food on the floor while attempting to cook stir-fry, slipped on the scattered food, and fell, also causing the owner to slip.Report
- 2025-08-23A Unitree G1 humanoid robot deviated from its planned martial arts demonstration at a UFC event in Shanghai and moved toward UFC boss Dana White, who dodged away unharmed.Report
- 2025-08-15A Unitree H1 humanoid robot struck a bystander during the 1500-meter race at the Humanoid Robot Sports Games when two human operators failed to issue an evasion command in time during a remote-control handover.Report
- 2025-05-03An 'out of control' humanoid robot caused a disturbance in China, alarming engineers nearby.Follow-up
- 2025-02-22A humanoid robot malfunctioned at a festival in China and moved toward attendees, prompting security guards to intervene; authorities confirmed the malfunction was unexpected and that the robot had passed prior tests.Follow-up
- 2024-09-14A Boston Dynamics robot dog fell down a flight of stairs and broke during a demonstration at Jaguar Land Rover's battery testing facility in Coventry.Report
- 2023-04-18An FDNY Boston Dynamics Spot robodog fell over onto its side while surveying the rubble of a collapsed parking garage in Manhattan, though it later recovered and helped locate the remains of a worker who died in the collapse.Report
- 2021-02-24During the 'Spot's Rampage' interactive art exhibit in a Brooklyn studio, a Boston Dynamics Spot robot equipped with a paintball gun malfunctioned and collapsed on its side approximately one hour after users began remotely controlling it to destroy artwork inside the space.Report
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