South Korea
The register holds 4 verified incidents placed in South Korea. 2 of them record someone hurt.
Reading the numbers
The record runs from February 2015 to July 2026, with cases in 4 different years and 2015 the busiest at 1 case. The newest case is dated 2026-07-21: 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.
Bear Robotics accounts for 1 of the 4 cases (25%); 3 cases name no company. By kind of machine, consumer robots make up 50% of the set, ahead of robot arms (1). Most cases are placed in South Korea (4).
In 50% of the cases property was damaged. 2 cases (50%) record a person hurt, 1 of them fatal. The most common type of event is fatality (1). 1 case (25%) went beyond the first report to an investigation, a regulator, a recall, a fine or a court.
By kind of machine
- Consumer2
- Service1
- robot arm1
By outcome
- Property damage2
- Fatality1
- Minor injury1
The incidents themselves
Each case passed the same gates: independent sources, a date, a named machine. Open a case for its sources and timeline.
- 2026-07-21A 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.Investigation
- 2024-07-05A Bear Robotics administrative robot employed by Gumi City Council fell down a flight of stairs between the first and second floors of the council building, destroying itself.Report
- 2023-11-07A 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.Follow-up
- 2015-02-05A Korean housewife's hair was sucked into a robot vacuum cleaner causing an incident at home.Follow-up
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