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• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0172 - TMR-0728 An IQ10-powered humanoid robot collapsed face-first on stage during a live keynote demonstration at Computex 2026 in Taiwan.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0055 - TMR-0767 A Zoox robotaxi drove into a smoke-obscured active fire scene in Las Vegas on June 20, 2026, prompting a software recall affecting 105 vehicles.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0055 - TMR-0727 Zoox recalled its fleet of 105 robotaxis after a June 20 2026 incident in Las Vegas where one vehicle entered an active fire scene obscured by heavy smoke and required teleoperator intervention to reverse out.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0065 - TMR-0222 Waymo robotaxi caused a holdup at the entrance of a condo community in Miami-Dade County
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0068 - TMR-0202 Multiple Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped suddenly on elevated expressways in Wuhan on Tuesday evening, stranding passengers in heavy traffic for hours and causing several rear-end collisions, though no casualties were reported.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0068 - TMR-0201 A mass system malfunction caused at least a hundred Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis to stop mid-traffic in Wuhan, with police reporting no injuries and passengers exiting their vehicles safely, though one social media video appeared to show a highway collision.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0199 - TMR-0200 A Waymo robotaxi blocked an ambulance responding to a mass shooting in Austin
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0052 - TMR-0216 Zoox recalled 332 driverless robotaxi vehicles after identifying software behavior near intersections that could cause vehicles to cross yellow center lines, block crosswalks, or stop in front of oncoming traffic, with 62 such cases identified between August 26 and December 5.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0051 - TMR-0057 Waymo issued a software recall for 1,200 robotaxis after some of them were involved in minor collisions with gates, chains, and other gate-like roadway objects between December 2022 and April 2024, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0164 - TMR-0203 An unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was struck by an electric scooter rider after braking to yield at an intersection in San Francisco, causing the rider to fall and sustain minor injuries before declining medical attention, leading Zoox to issue a voluntary software recall for 270 vehicles.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0123 - TMR-0195 A Zoox robotaxi collided with a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas after the autonomous software incorrectly predicted the other vehicle's trajectory, prompting a software recall of all 270 operational Zoox robotaxis in Nevada.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0083 - TMR-0212 An unoccupied, autonomously operating Waymo robotaxi was struck from behind at 6th and Harrison Streets in San Francisco when a speeding vehicle collided into a line of stopped cars, killing a passenger in one of the other vehicles and a dog, and injuring several others; the Waymo vehicle was not blamed for the crash.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0729 - TMR-0763 A Cruise robotaxi struck and dragged a pedestrian at Fifth and Market streets in San Francisco on October 2, 2023, after a human driver hit the woman into its path.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0119 - TMR-0166 A pedestrian was seriously injured in San Francisco after being struck by a hit-and-run human driver and thrown into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle, which ran over her and trapped her underneath until firefighters used the jaws of life to free her.
• 2026-09-07 Merged into another case as one event into TMR-0089 - TMR-0207 Sammy Davis, 69, was struck by a vehicle at Seventh and Harrison streets in San Francisco and later died of his injuries; the San Francisco Fire Department alleged a Cruise robotaxi blocked their ambulance from transporting him, a claim Cruise disputes.
• 2026-09-06 Withdrawn from the register - TMR-0766 Uber, Lucid Group, and Nuro announced a partnership in July 2025 to deploy 20,000 Lucid Gravity SUV robotaxis using the Nuro Driver system on Uber's platform, with San Francisco selected as the first market.
• 2026-09-06 Withdrawn from the register - TMR-0765 Unitree Robotics shares surged over 460 percent on their debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market on August 19, 2026.
• 2026-09-06 Withdrawn from the register - TMR-0764 Serve Robotics announced a partnership with Grubhub on August 17, 2026, to deploy sidewalk delivery robots in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Alexandria after ending its Uber Eats agreement.
• 2026-09-06 Withdrawn from the register - TMR-0754 Starship Technologies ended its autonomous food delivery robot service at U.S. college campuses in June 2026 to refocus on retail grocery delivery.
• 2026-09-06 Withdrawn from the register - TMR-0726 Co-op and Starship Technologies expanded their robot grocery delivery service in Leeds to Kippax and Swarcliffe on 20 July 2023, with Wetherby planned before year end.
• 2026-09-04 Wording rewritten into attributed form
• 2026-09-03 Wording rewritten into attributed form
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0754 Starship Technologies ended its autonomous food delivery robot service at U.S. college campuses in June 2026 to refocus on retail grocery delivery.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0728 An IQ10-powered humanoid robot collapsed face-first on stage during a live keynote demonstration at Computex 2026 in Taiwan.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0727 Zoox recalled its fleet of 105 robotaxis after a June 20 2026 incident in Las Vegas where one vehicle entered an active fire scene obscured by heavy smoke and required teleoperator intervention to reverse out.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0234 Humanoid robot kicks a child during a public performance in Xinjiang, China
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0232 A 78-year-old a person woman died after a surgical robot allegedly burned a hole in her intestine during a colon cancer operation, prompting a lawsuit.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0219 A humanoid dancing robot at a Haidilao hot pot restaurant in Cupertino, California moved too close to a table and knocked over dishes, smashing plates and sending chopsticks and dishware flying, requiring at least three staff members to restrain it.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0209 XPeng Motors' humanoid robot IRON fell face-first onto a stage during its first public appearance at a shopping mall in southern China.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0208 An 'out of control' humanoid robot caused a disturbance in China, alarming engineers nearby.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0202 Multiple Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped suddenly on elevated expressways in Wuhan on Tuesday evening, stranding passengers in heavy traffic for hours and causing several rear-end collisions, though no casualties were reported.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0195 A Zoox robotaxi collided with a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas after the autonomous software incorrectly predicted the other vehicle's trajectory, prompting a software recall of all 270 operational Zoox robotaxis in Nevada.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0166 A pedestrian was seriously injured in San Francisco after being struck by a hit-and-run human driver and thrown into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle, which ran over her and trapped her underneath until firefighters used the jaws of life to free her.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0159 A Serve Robotics food delivery robot crashed into and shattered the glass of a CTA bus shelter at Grand and Racine in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0155 A worker at Ventra Ionia Main was trapped by robotic machinery and pronounced dead at the scene in Ionia, Michigan.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0149 A cleaning robot caught fire while charging in Ward 76 of Singapore General Hospital, activating the sprinkler system and prompting evacuation of patients, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0148 Hackers remotely took control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in multiple US cities, using their speakers to yell racial slurs at owners and their cameras to surveil homes.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0147 A fire believed to have been sparked by a robot vacuum broke out at a Hanyang Apartments unit in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, forcing more than 20 residents to evacuate and requiring 133 firefighting personnel to extinguish; one resident suffered dizziness from smoke inhalation.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0139 A Tesla software engineer was attacked by a robot at Tesla's a person factory in Austin when a third robot that had not been disabled pinned him and sank its metal claws into his back and arm, causing lacerations.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0135 A robotics company employee in his 40s was crushed to death by a robotic arm at a pepper sorting plant in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea, after the arm confused him for a box of vegetables and pushed him against a conveyor belt.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0134 A man in his 40s employed by an industrial robot installation company was crushed to death by a pick-and-place robotic arm at a vegetable-packaging plant in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea, after the robot apparently mistook him for a box of vegetables.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0131 A 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.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0126 Former Figure AI principal robotic safety engineer Robert Gruendel sued the company in the Northern District of California, alleging he was dismissed in September 2025 after warning executives that the company's humanoid robots were powerful enough to fracture a human skull, and citing a malfunction in which a robot carved a quarter-inch gash into a steel refrigerator door.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0118 A Cruise self-driving robotaxi was struck by a San Francisco Fire Department truck en route to an emergency at the intersection of Polk and a person in the Tenderloin district, resulting in one passenger being transported to a hospital with non-severe injuries.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0097 A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0091 A Waymo driverless robotaxi struck a bicyclist who was occluded by a truck at the intersection of 17th Street and Mississippi Street in San Francisco, resulting in minor injuries to the cyclist who was not taken to the hospital.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0088 A Waymo robotaxi parked in a bike lane on Seventh Street in San Francisco opened its rear passenger door into cyclist a person, ejecting her into a second Waymo and causing serious injuries including a brain injury and spine damage.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0071 A Waymo driverless vehicle blocked a road for more than a minute near an active mass shooting scene in Austin, causing an ambulance to turn around, though Austin-Travis County EMS said it did not believe the obstruction had an impact on patient outcomes.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0068 A system malfunction caused multiple Baidu Apollo Go driverless robotaxis to stall in the middle of roads in Wuhan, leaving passengers stranded for hours, with police confirming the incident after receiving numerous calls on Tuesday night.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0049 Waymo announced a voluntary software recall after its robotaxis were found to have illegally passed stopped school buses with extended stop signs and flashing lights on multiple occasions in Atlanta and Austin, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0048 Waymo recalled approximately 3,900 robotaxis after 13 known incidents in which vehicles drove into closed freeway construction zones in Phoenix, Arizona, and the San Francisco Bay Area, prompting a voluntary software recall filed with NHTSA.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0042 At Tesla's Fremont, California plant in November 2019, a stack of three steel skids on an automated conveyor system knocked worker a person down and dragged him more than 15 feet, seriously injuring both his legs.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0041 A humanoid robot toppled forward onto rapper Cardi B during a lap dance at the Fanatics Super Bowl Party at Pier 48 in San Francisco; Cardi B was reported unharmed by TMZ.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0033 A Tesla Optimus humanoid robot fell backward during a public demonstration at a Tesla store in Miami, dropping water bottles and making hand motions consistent with a teleoperation headset being removed.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0025 A 22-year-old contract worker installing a production line at a Volkswagen plant in Baunatal, Germany, was grabbed and crushed against a large metal plate by a robotic arm, dying from his injuries in hospital.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0024 A technician was killed at a Volkswagen assembly plant in Germany after a robot he was assembling picked him up and pushed him into a metal plate.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0015 A KiwiBot delivery robot caught fire at UC Berkeley on December 14, 2018, and was extinguished by a passerby and subsequently by the Berkeley Fire Department.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0009 An Uber Eats delivery robot became stuck on railroad tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by an oncoming train on January 15, 2026, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0007 A Serve Robotics delivery robot collided with a person, a man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter, on a sidewalk near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, causing his scooter to jolt backward.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0006 An ambulance transporting a patient to a hospital collided with an automated food delivery cart at the intersection of Western and Fountain avenues in Hollywood, causing no additional injuries but requiring the patient to be transferred to a second ambulance.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0003 A Starship food delivery robot reversed into a 73-year-old a person parking attendant on the Tempe campus, knocking her down and causing a laceration near her left elbow and subsequent back pain.
• 2026-09-02 Disputed mark lifted after re-checking - TMR-0001 Amazon warehouse robot accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent, hospitalizing multiple workers
• 2026-08-25 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0754 Starship Technologies ended its autonomous food delivery robot service at U.S. college campuses in June 2026 to refocus on retail grocery delivery.
• 2026-08-24 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0728 An IQ10-powered humanoid robot collapsed face-first on stage during a live keynote demonstration at Computex 2026 in Taiwan.
• 2026-08-24 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0727 Zoox recalled its fleet of 105 robotaxis after a June 20 2026 incident in Las Vegas where one vehicle entered an active fire scene obscured by heavy smoke and required teleoperator intervention to reverse out.
• 2026-08-24 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0754 Starship Technologies ended its autonomous food delivery robot service at U.S. college campuses in June 2026 to refocus on retail grocery delivery.
• 2026-08-24 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0728 An IQ10-powered humanoid robot collapsed face-first on stage during a live keynote demonstration at Computex 2026 in Taiwan.
• 2026-08-21 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0234 Humanoid robot kicks a child during a public performance in Xinjiang, China
• 2026-08-21 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0229 Amazon's Zoox recalls driverless software after a crash in Las Vegas
• 2026-08-21 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0234 Humanoid robot kicks a child during a public performance in Xinjiang, China
• 2026-08-21 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0232 A 78-year-old a person woman died after a surgical robot allegedly burned a hole in her intestine during a colon cancer operation, prompting a lawsuit.
• 2026-08-21 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0232 A 78-year-old a person woman died after a surgical robot allegedly burned a hole in her intestine during a colon cancer operation, prompting a lawsuit.
• 2026-08-21 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0229 Amazon's Zoox recalls driverless software after a crash in Las Vegas
• 2026-08-21 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0219 A humanoid dancing robot at a Haidilao hot pot restaurant in Cupertino, California moved too close to a table and knocked over dishes, smashing plates and sending chopsticks and dishware flying, requiring at least three staff members to restrain it.
• 2026-08-21 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0219 A humanoid dancing robot at a Haidilao hot pot restaurant in Cupertino, California moved too close to a table and knocked over dishes, smashing plates and sending chopsticks and dishware flying, requiring at least three staff members to restrain it.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0211 A Tesla Robotaxi safety monitor used the In Lane Stop button on the main display to halt the autonomous vehicle and prevent a potential low-speed collision with a reversing UPS truck while the robotaxi was pulling over to a destination in Austin, Texas.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0209 XPeng Motors' humanoid robot IRON fell face-first onto a stage during its first public appearance at a shopping mall in southern China.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0208 An 'out of control' humanoid robot caused a disturbance in China, alarming engineers nearby.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0204 A driverless Cruise robotaxi with no passengers rear-ended a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Muni bus, causing modest damage to the bus and more severe damage to the robotaxi's front bumper, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0202 Multiple Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped suddenly on elevated expressways in Wuhan on Tuesday evening, stranding passengers in heavy traffic for hours and causing several rear-end collisions, though no casualties were reported.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0199 A Waymo robotaxi became stuck perpendicular across a road while executing a U-turn during an active shooter incident in Austin, Texas, blocking an ambulance and requiring a police officer to manually drive it away.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0195 A Zoox robotaxi collided with a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas after the autonomous software incorrectly predicted the other vehicle's trajectory, prompting a software recall of all 270 operational Zoox robotaxis in Nevada.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0211 A Tesla Robotaxi safety monitor used the In Lane Stop button on the main display to halt the autonomous vehicle and prevent a potential low-speed collision with a reversing UPS truck while the robotaxi was pulling over to a destination in Austin, Texas.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0209 XPeng Motors' humanoid robot IRON fell face-first onto a stage during its first public appearance at a shopping mall in southern China.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0204 A driverless Cruise robotaxi with no passengers rear-ended a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Muni bus, causing modest damage to the bus and more severe damage to the robotaxi's front bumper, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0202 Multiple Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped suddenly on elevated expressways in Wuhan on Tuesday evening, stranding passengers in heavy traffic for hours and causing several rear-end collisions, though no casualties were reported.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0199 A Waymo robotaxi became stuck perpendicular across a road while executing a U-turn during an active shooter incident in Austin, Texas, blocking an ambulance and requiring a police officer to manually drive it away.
• 2026-08-20 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0195 A Zoox robotaxi collided with a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas after the autonomous software incorrectly predicted the other vehicle's trajectory, prompting a software recall of all 270 operational Zoox robotaxis in Nevada.
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0164 An unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was struck by an electric scooter at a San Francisco intersection after braking to yield, causing the rider to fall; the robotaxi continued moving and completed a turn before stopping without making further contact with the rider, who sustained minor injuries.
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0173 Auto-parts company fined $1.5 million after worker was killed by a robotic arm
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0166 A pedestrian was seriously injured in San Francisco after being struck by a hit-and-run human driver and thrown into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle, which ran over her and trapped her underneath until firefighters used the jaws of life to free her.
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0149 A cleaning robot caught fire while charging in Ward 76 of Singapore General Hospital, activating the sprinkler system and prompting evacuation of patients, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0173 Auto-parts company fined $1.5 million after worker was killed by a robotic arm
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0164 An unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was struck by an electric scooter at a San Francisco intersection after braking to yield, causing the rider to fall; the robotaxi continued moving and completed a turn before stopping without making further contact with the rider, who sustained minor injuries.
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0161 A Deebot Ecovac robotic vacuum is suspected of catching fire in a Fort Thomas, Kentucky home, causing damage to the property while the owner escaped unharmed.
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0159 A Serve Robotics food delivery robot crashed into and shattered the glass of a CTA bus shelter at Grand and Racine in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-19 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0155 A worker at Ventra Ionia Main was trapped by robotic machinery and pronounced dead at the scene in Ionia, Michigan.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0161 A Deebot Ecovac robotic vacuum is suspected of catching fire in a Fort Thomas, Kentucky home, causing damage to the property while the owner escaped unharmed.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0159 A Serve Robotics food delivery robot crashed into and shattered the glass of a CTA bus shelter at Grand and Racine in Chicago's West Town neighborhood, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0155 A worker at Ventra Ionia Main was trapped by robotic machinery and pronounced dead at the scene in Ionia, Michigan.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0149 A cleaning robot caught fire while charging in Ward 76 of Singapore General Hospital, activating the sprinkler system and prompting evacuation of patients, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0148 Hackers remotely took control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in multiple US cities, using their speakers to yell racial slurs at owners and their cameras to surveil homes.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0147 A fire believed to have been sparked by a robot vacuum broke out at a Hanyang Apartments unit in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, forcing more than 20 residents to evacuate and requiring 133 firefighting personnel to extinguish; one resident suffered dizziness from smoke inhalation.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0135 A robotics company employee in his 40s was crushed to death by a robotic arm at a pepper sorting plant in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea, after the arm confused him for a box of vegetables and pushed him against a conveyor belt.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0134 A man in his 40s employed by an industrial robot installation company was crushed to death by a pick-and-place robotic arm at a vegetable-packaging plant in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea, after the robot apparently mistook him for a box of vegetables.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0131 A 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.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0126 Former Figure AI principal robotic safety engineer Robert Gruendel sued the company in the Northern District of California, alleging he was dismissed in September 2025 after warning executives that the company's humanoid robots were powerful enough to fracture a human skull, and citing a malfunction in which a robot carved a quarter-inch gash into a steel refrigerator door.
• 2026-08-18 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0118 A Cruise self-driving robotaxi was struck by a San Francisco Fire Department truck en route to an emergency at the intersection of Polk and a person in the Tenderloin district, resulting in one passenger being transported to a hospital with non-severe injuries.
• 2026-08-18 Wording rewritten into attributed form
• 2026-08-18 Wording rewritten into attributed form
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0139 A Tesla software engineer was attacked by a robot at Tesla's a person factory in Austin when a third robot that had not been disabled pinned him and sank its metal claws into his back and arm, causing lacerations.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0137 Twenty-year-old a person was crushed to death inside a robotic welding station at the Ajin USA facility in Cusseta, Alabama, when the robot abruptly restarted while she and co-workers were clearing a sensor fault.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0135 A robotics company employee in his 40s was crushed to death by a robotic arm at a pepper sorting plant in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea, after the arm confused him for a box of vegetables and pushed him against a conveyor belt.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0134 A man in his 40s employed by an industrial robot installation company was crushed to death by a pick-and-place robotic arm at a vegetable-packaging plant in South Gyeongsang province, South Korea, after the robot apparently mistook him for a box of vegetables.
• 2026-08-17 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0132 Dallas Mavericks player Kyrie Irving pushed a Unitree H1 humanoid robot to the ground during a holiday event outside the team's practice facility.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0132 Dallas Mavericks player Kyrie Irving pushed a Unitree H1 humanoid robot to the ground during a holiday event outside the team's practice facility.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0131 A 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.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0126 Former Figure AI principal robotic safety engineer Robert Gruendel sued the company in the Northern District of California, alleging he was dismissed in September 2025 after warning executives that the company's humanoid robots were powerful enough to fracture a human skull, and citing a malfunction in which a robot carved a quarter-inch gash into a steel refrigerator door.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0097 A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0092 A robot vacuum exploded at a home in Brabham, Perth, critically burning 25-year-old Lachie a person over approximately 75% of his body and destroying the property.
• 2026-08-17 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0091 A Waymo driverless robotaxi struck a bicyclist who was occluded by a truck at the intersection of 17th Street and Mississippi Street in San Francisco, resulting in minor injuries to the cyclist who was not taken to the hospital.
• 2026-08-16 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0118 A Cruise self-driving robotaxi was struck by a San Francisco Fire Department truck en route to an emergency at the intersection of Polk and a person in the Tenderloin district, resulting in one passenger being transported to a hospital with non-severe injuries.
• 2026-08-16 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0109 Boston Dynamics Spot robot died/shut down mid-performance on America's a person stage.
• 2026-08-16 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0109 Boston Dynamics Spot robot died/shut down mid-performance on America's a person stage.
• 2026-08-16 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0071 A Waymo driverless vehicle blocked a road for more than a minute near an active mass shooting scene in Austin, causing an ambulance to turn around, though Austin-Travis County EMS said it did not believe the obstruction had an impact on patient outcomes.
• 2026-08-16 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0068 A system malfunction caused multiple Baidu Apollo Go driverless robotaxis to stall in the middle of roads in Wuhan, leaving passengers stranded for hours, with police confirming the incident after receiving numerous calls on Tuesday night.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0097 A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0092 A robot vacuum exploded at a home in Brabham, Perth, critically burning 25-year-old Lachie a person over approximately 75% of his body and destroying the property.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0091 A Waymo driverless robotaxi struck a bicyclist who was occluded by a truck at the intersection of 17th Street and Mississippi Street in San Francisco, resulting in minor injuries to the cyclist who was not taken to the hospital.
• 2026-08-15 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0088 A Waymo robotaxi parked in a bike lane on Seventh Street in San Francisco opened its rear passenger door into cyclist a person, ejecting her into a second Waymo and causing serious injuries including a brain injury and spine damage.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0088 A Waymo robotaxi parked in a bike lane on Seventh Street in San Francisco opened its rear passenger door into cyclist a person, ejecting her into a second Waymo and causing serious injuries including a brain injury and spine damage.
• 2026-08-15 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0086 An unoccupied Zoox robotaxi collided with a Bay Wheels e-bike rider who had swerved into its path at the intersection of Bryant, Division, and 11th streets in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, resulting in fender damage to the Zoox vehicle while the cyclist rode away uninjured.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0086 An unoccupied Zoox robotaxi collided with a Bay Wheels e-bike rider who had swerved into its path at the intersection of Bryant, Division, and 11th streets in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, resulting in fender damage to the Zoox vehicle while the cyclist rode away uninjured.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0033 A Tesla Optimus humanoid robot fell backward during a public demonstration at a Tesla store in Miami, dropping water bottles and making hand motions consistent with a teleoperation headset being removed.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0051 Waymo recalled 1,212 robotaxis after NHTSA opened a probe into 16 collisions between 2022 and late 2024 in which Waymo vehicles struck chains, gates, and other roadway barriers, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0049 Waymo announced a voluntary software recall after its robotaxis were found to have illegally passed stopped school buses with extended stop signs and flashing lights on multiple occasions in Atlanta and Austin, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0042 At Tesla's Fremont, California plant in November 2019, a stack of three steel skids on an automated conveyor system knocked worker a person down and dragged him more than 15 feet, seriously injuring both his legs.
• 2026-08-15 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0037 A Unitree humanoid robot fell twice while performing Michael Jackson's moonwalk at an event organized by robot store a person in Shenzhen, China, and had to be dragged off stage by staff.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0071 A Waymo driverless vehicle blocked a road for more than a minute near an active mass shooting scene in Austin, causing an ambulance to turn around, though Austin-Travis County EMS said it did not believe the obstruction had an impact on patient outcomes.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0068 A system malfunction caused multiple Baidu Apollo Go driverless robotaxis to stall in the middle of roads in Wuhan, leaving passengers stranded for hours, with police confirming the incident after receiving numerous calls on Tuesday night.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0001 Amazon warehouse robot accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent, hospitalizing multiple workers
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0024 A technician was killed at a Volkswagen assembly plant in Germany after a robot he was assembling picked him up and pushed him into a metal plate.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0022 a person, 20, was killed when a robot at the Ajin USA plant in Cusseta, Alabama restarted abruptly while she was inside a robotic station clearing a sensor fault on a stopped assembly line.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0009 An Uber Eats delivery robot became stuck on railroad tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by an oncoming train on January 15, 2026, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0007 A Serve Robotics delivery robot collided with a person, a man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter, on a sidewalk near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, causing his scooter to jolt backward.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0006 An ambulance transporting a patient to a hospital collided with an automated food delivery cart at the intersection of Western and Fountain avenues in Hollywood, causing no additional injuries but requiring the patient to be transferred to a second ambulance.
• 2026-08-14 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0003 A Starship food delivery robot reversed into a 73-year-old a person parking attendant on the Tempe campus, knocking her down and causing a laceration near her left elbow and subsequent back pain.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0025 A 22-year-old contract worker installing a production line at a Volkswagen plant in Baunatal, Germany, was grabbed and crushed against a large metal plate by a robotic arm, dying from his injuries in hospital.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0051 Waymo recalled 1,212 robotaxis after NHTSA opened a probe into 16 collisions between 2022 and late 2024 in which Waymo vehicles struck chains, gates, and other roadway barriers, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0049 Waymo announced a voluntary software recall after its robotaxis were found to have illegally passed stopped school buses with extended stop signs and flashing lights on multiple occasions in Atlanta and Austin, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0048 Waymo recalled approximately 3,900 robotaxis after 13 known incidents in which vehicles drove into closed freeway construction zones in Phoenix, Arizona, and the San Francisco Bay Area, prompting a voluntary software recall filed with NHTSA.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0042 At Tesla's Fremont, California plant in November 2019, a stack of three steel skids on an automated conveyor system knocked worker a person down and dragged him more than 15 feet, seriously injuring both his legs.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0034 A service robot at what social media users claimed was a Haidilao hotpot restaurant in China malfunctioned, knocking plates off a counter and swinging its arms erratically while a staff member attempted to restrain it.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0166 A pedestrian was seriously injured in San Francisco after being struck by a hit-and-run human driver and thrown into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle, which ran over her and trapped her underneath until firefighters used the jaws of life to free her.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0147 A fire believed to have been sparked by a robot vacuum broke out at a Hanyang Apartments unit in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, forcing more than 20 residents to evacuate and requiring 133 firefighting personnel to extinguish; one resident suffered dizziness from smoke inhalation.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0148 Hackers remotely took control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in multiple US cities, using their speakers to yell racial slurs at owners and their cameras to surveil homes.
• 2026-08-13 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0048 Waymo recalled approximately 3,900 robotaxis after 13 known incidents in which vehicles drove into closed freeway construction zones in Phoenix, Arizona, and the San Francisco Bay Area, prompting a voluntary software recall filed with NHTSA.
• 2026-08-12 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0041 A humanoid robot toppled forward onto rapper Cardi B during a lap dance at the Fanatics Super Bowl Party at Pier 48 in San Francisco; Cardi B was reported unharmed by TMZ.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0041 A humanoid robot toppled forward onto rapper Cardi B during a lap dance at the Fanatics Super Bowl Party at Pier 48 in San Francisco; Cardi B was reported unharmed by TMZ.
• 2026-08-12 Withdrawn automatically after re-checking - TMR-0039 Twenty-one humanoid robots participated in a half-marathon race in Beijing alongside approximately 12,000 human runners, with only six robots finishing the course; most fell down and overheated, with operators replacing units, and the fastest robot, Tiangong Ultra, completed the race in 2 hours 40 minutes.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0039 Twenty-one humanoid robots participated in a half-marathon race in Beijing alongside approximately 12,000 human runners, with only six robots finishing the course; most fell down and overheated, with operators replacing units, and the fastest robot, Tiangong Ultra, completed the race in 2 hours 40 minutes.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0032 A humanoid robot performing a group dance with students at a university sports day opening ceremony in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, malfunctioned due to signal interference from an onsite drone and lunged at and hugged a female student, who was uninjured.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0035 Russia's AIdol humanoid robot lost balance and fell on stage during its official debut at a technology event in Moscow on November 10, 2025, leaving pieces on the stage and prompting staff to hide it behind a screen.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0037 A Unitree humanoid robot fell twice while performing Michael Jackson's moonwalk at an event organized by robot store a person in Shenzhen, China, and had to be dragged off stage by staff.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0033 A Tesla Optimus humanoid robot fell backward during a public demonstration at a Tesla store in Miami, dropping water bottles and making hand motions consistent with a teleoperation headset being removed.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0024 A technician was killed at a Volkswagen assembly plant in Germany after a robot he was assembling picked him up and pushed him into a metal plate.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0022 a person, 20, was killed when a robot at the Ajin USA plant in Cusseta, Alabama restarted abruptly while she was inside a robotic station clearing a sensor fault on a stopped assembly line.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0032 A humanoid robot performing a group dance with students at a university sports day opening ceremony in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, malfunctioned due to signal interference from an onsite drone and lunged at and hugged a female student, who was uninjured.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0034 A service robot at what social media users claimed was a Haidilao hotpot restaurant in China malfunctioned, knocking plates off a counter and swinging its arms erratically while a staff member attempted to restrain it.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0137 Twenty-year-old a person was crushed to death inside a robotic welding station at the Ajin USA facility in Cusseta, Alabama, when the robot abruptly restarted while she and co-workers were clearing a sensor fault.
• 2026-08-12 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0035 Russia's AIdol humanoid robot lost balance and fell on stage during its official debut at a technology event in Moscow on November 10, 2025, leaving pieces on the stage and prompting staff to hide it behind a screen.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0001 Amazon warehouse robot accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent, hospitalizing multiple workers
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0015 A KiwiBot delivery robot caught fire at UC Berkeley on December 14, 2018, and was extinguished by a passerby and subsequently by the Berkeley Fire Department.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0009 An Uber Eats delivery robot became stuck on railroad tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by an oncoming train on January 15, 2026, with no injuries reported.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0007 A Serve Robotics delivery robot collided with a person, a man with cerebral palsy riding a mobility scooter, on a sidewalk near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, causing his scooter to jolt backward.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0006 An ambulance transporting a patient to a hospital collided with an automated food delivery cart at the intersection of Western and Fountain avenues in Hollywood, causing no additional injuries but requiring the patient to be transferred to a second ambulance.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0003 A Starship food delivery robot reversed into a 73-year-old a person parking attendant on the Tempe campus, knocking her down and causing a laceration near her left elbow and subsequent back pain.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0208 An 'out of control' humanoid robot caused a disturbance in China, alarming engineers nearby.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0139 A Tesla software engineer was attacked by a robot at Tesla's a person factory in Austin when a third robot that had not been disabled pinned him and sank its metal claws into his back and arm, causing lacerations.
• 2026-08-11 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0025 A 22-year-old contract worker installing a production line at a Volkswagen plant in Baunatal, Germany, was grabbed and crushed against a large metal plate by a robotic arm, dying from his injuries in hospital.
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• 2026-08-08 Marked disputed after re-checking - TMR-0727 Zoox recalled its fleet of 105 robotaxis after a June 20 2026 incident in Las Vegas where one vehicle entered an active fire scene obscured by heavy smoke and required teleoperator intervention to reverse out.
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