Australia
The register holds 2 verified incidents placed in Australia. 2 of them record someone hurt.
Reading the numbers
The record runs from November 2025 to July 2026, with cases in 2 different years and 2025 the busiest at 1 case. 2026 so far matches 2025. The newest case is dated 2026-07-03: A robot vacuum exploded at a home in Brabham, Perth, critically burning a 25-year-old man over approximately 75% of his body and destroying the property.
By kind of machine, consumer robots make up 50% of the set, ahead of surgical robots (1). Most cases are placed in Australia (2).
Every case records a person hurt, none fatal. The most common type of event is fire (1). None of the cases has yet gone beyond the first report.
By kind of machine
- Consumer1
- Surgical1
By outcome
- Serious injury2
The incidents themselves
Each case passed the same gates: independent sources, a date, a named machine. Open a case for its sources and timeline.
- 2026-07-03A robot vacuum exploded at a home in Brabham, Perth, critically burning a 25-year-old man over approximately 75% of his body and destroying the property.Follow-up
- 2025-11-05A private Tasmanian hospital is being sued over an injury claim related to robotic surgery.Report
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