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231 cases
- 2026-02-20A Coco food delivery robot uprooted a garden, became entangled in a fence, and dragged the fencing down the street in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, causing property damage to a resident's yard.Report
- 2026-02-18Chinese robot dog malfunctioned or glitched during India's AI summitReport
- 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
- 2026-02-17Tesla's Robotaxi fleet in Austin accumulated 14 crashes since June 2025, including one July 2025 incident later upgraded to require hospitalization, with the fleet crashing at approximately four times the rate of human drivers by Tesla's own benchmark.Follow-up
- 2026-02-08A 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.Lawsuit
- 2026-02-05Robot glitch at Honda factory caused vehicles to be assembled with loose driver's seats, leading to a recallReport
- 2026-02-05A robotic vacuum cleaner's lithium battery caught fire inside a Miami Gardens home, resulting in a 20-year-old man being airlifted to hospital with injuries.Report
- 2026-02-01XPeng Motors' humanoid robot IRON fell face-first onto a stage during its first public appearance at a shopping mall in southern China.Follow-up
- 2026-01-31Xpeng's humanoid robot Iron lost its balance and fell face-first onto the ground during its first public appearance at a shopping mall in Shenzhen, China.Report
- 2026-01-29Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica.Follow-up
- 2026-01-29Waymo robotaxi hit a child at a school drop-off location, triggering a federal safety inquiry.Report
- 2026-01-23A driverless Waymo robotaxi struck a child who had stepped into the street from behind an SUV during morning drop-off outside a Santa Monica elementary school, resulting in minor injuries.Investigation
- 2026-01-23An 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.Follow-up
- 2026-01-15An 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.Follow-up
- 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
- 2025-12-29A humanoid robot kicked a man in the groin area during a sparring session, drawing Elon Musk's reaction.Report
- 2025-12-28Man wearing motion capture suit suffered injury while controlling a Unitree G1 humanoid robotReport
- 2025-12-24Waymo robotaxis got stuck during a San Francisco power blackout.Report
- 2025-12-24Zoox issued a software recall to prevent unnecessary lane crossings by its robotaxisRecall
- 2025-12-23Amazon's Zoox recalls 332 US robotaxi vehicles due to a software error.Recall
- 2025-12-20During a widespread power outage affecting approximately 130,000 PG&E customers in San Francisco, multiple Waymo robotaxis stalled in traffic and clogged roadways, prompting the company to suspend its ride-hailing service until the following day.Report
- 2025-12-18Dallas Mavericks player Kyrie Irving pushed a Unitree H1 humanoid robot to the ground during a holiday event outside the team's practice facility.Follow-up
- 2025-12-14A Waymo robotaxi stalled on a narrow bridge over the Venice Canals during a holiday boat parade, causing a 45-minute traffic backup of at least a mile.Report
- 2025-12-12Three Waymo robotaxis became deadlocked on a San Francisco street after two navigated into a dead end and a third behaved erratically, requiring a human Waymo employee to manually move each vehicle.Report
- 2025-12-09A robotaxi crash in Hunan, China sparked fears of regulatory backlash against autonomous vehiclesReport
- 2025-12-09A delivery robot rammed into the back of a pedestrian's leg in Lincoln Park, Chicago, prompting a petition calling for a pause on robot deliveries citing collisions with people, pets, and bicyclists.Report
- 2025-12-07A Baidu Apollo RT6 robotaxi operated by Hello collided with two pedestrians on Yanjiang Road in Zhuzhou, China, trapping one person beneath the vehicle; both a man and a woman were transported to the ICU.Follow-up
- 2025-12-06A Hellobike robotaxi struck two pedestrians on a street in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, China, prompting local authorities to suspend the company's robotaxi operations in the city.Report
- 2025-12-06A 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.Follow-up
- 2025-12-05Waymo 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.Recall
- 2025-11-20Figure AI retired its Figure 02 humanoid robots after an 11-month deployment at BMW Manufacturing's Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, where they loaded sheet-metal parts and contributed to the production of over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles, accumulating visible wear and tear but no reported injuries.Report
- 2025-11-13A humanoid robot fell on its face during its debut public appearance, prompting global concern.Report
- 2025-11-10Russia'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.Follow-up
- 2025-11-05A private Tasmanian hospital is being sued over an injury claim related to robotic surgery.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
- 2025-10-22An Uber Eats delivery robot developed by Avride allegedly cut off cyclist Conor Shannon in the bike lane on Varick Street in Jersey City, causing him to go airborne and sustain a concussion and broken clavicle.Report
- 2025-10-01Tesla reported an eighth crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin, Texas, occurring in October 2025, with no injuries reported, while the vehicle was proceeding straight and came into contact with an unspecified object or party.Report
- 2025-09-17Tesla reported three accidents involving its Robotaxi service Model Y vehicles in Austin, Texas, in July 2025, including one with a minor injury and two with only property damage, while redacting narrative details from NHTSA filings.Report
- 2025-09-14A Waymo robotaxi slowing to turn into a parking lot on Rural Road near Arizona State University was rear-ended by a motorcyclist, who was then struck by a hit-and-run human driver and later died at the hospital.Report
- 2025-09-13A Serve Robotics delivery robot collided with Mark Chaney, 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.Follow-up
- 2025-09-01Former 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.Lawsuit
- 2025-09-01A Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot repeatedly blocked and then collided with Mark Chaney-Gay's mobility scooter near the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station on Santa Monica Boulevard last September (referenced as a prior viral incident in an article published March 2026).Report
- 2025-08-26Zoox 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.Recall
- 2025-08-26Zoox issued a voluntary software recall affecting 332 vehicles after its autonomous driving system caused robotaxis to cross center lane lines or block crosswalks near intersections, with 62 such instances recorded between August 26 and December 5, 2025, and no collisions reported.Recall
- 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
- 2025-08-18Multiple humanoid robots fell down repeatedly during China's Robot Games competition.Report
- 2025-08-15A Unitree H1 humanoid robot struck a person 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
- 2025-08-06A Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi carrying a female passenger fell into a deep construction pit in Chongqing, China; the passenger was uninjured and rescued by local residents using a ladder.Report
- 2025-07-25Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot production is reported to be severely behind schedule due to technical bottlenecks with robot hands, with mostly complete units missing hands piling up at Tesla's facility.Report
- 2025-07-06A Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y) drove into the side of a parked Toyota Camry in the parking lot of Home Slice Pizza in Austin after completing a drop-off, lightly grazing the Camry's right tire.Report