Germany
The register holds 2 verified incidents placed in Germany. 2 of them record someone hurt.
Reading the numbers
The record runs from June 2015 to October 2026, with cases in 2 different years and 2015 the busiest at 1 case. The newest case is dated 2026-10-10: Cologne 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.
Unitree Robotics accounts for 1 of the 2 cases (50%), followed by Volkswagen with 1. By kind of machine, humanoid robots make up 50% of the set, ahead of robot arms (1). Most cases are placed in Germany (2).
In 50% of the cases someone died. Every case records a person hurt, 1 of them fatal. The most common type of event is fatality (1). 1 case (50%) went beyond the first report to an investigation, a regulator, a recall, a fine or a court.
By kind of machine
- Humanoid1
- robot arm1
By outcome
- Minor injury1
- Fatality1
The incidents themselves
Each case passed the same gates: independent sources, a date, a named machine. Open a case for its sources and timeline.
- 2026-10-10Cologne 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
- 2015-06-29A 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.Follow-up
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