Commercial robot incidents, August 2024
2 commercial robot incidents dated August 2024, up 100% on the month before, 2 with a person hurt and 0 fatal. 0 cases were added to the register during the month. Most involved Cruise (1). Largest class: autonomous vehicles (1).
Incidents are counted by the date they happened, 2024-08-01 to 2024-08-31. Counts measure what was reported in the press the register reads and cleared verification; fleet sizes are not public, so nothing here is a rate. The register holds 255 cases in all. Rules on the methodology page. Previous month: July 2024. Quarterly view: the quarterly record.
By kind of machine
- Autonomous vehicles1
- Surgical robots1
By company
- Cruise1
- Globus Medical1
By outcome
- serious injury2
The cases that reached furthest
Ordered by severity, then by how many independent sources the case rests on.
- 2024-08-22GM's Cruise recalls nearly 1,200 robotaxis to close a US government probe stemming from a crash.Recall
- 2024-08-14The FDA issued a warning letter to Globus Medical after finding that the company failed to properly investigate complaints of misplaced screws and delayed reporting serious injuries, including spinal cord damage to a patient, associated with its ExcelsiusGPS surgical robot.Report
All 2 incidents dated August 2024
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on. Case metadata is CC BY 4.0; cite the register by its DOI, 10.5281/zenodo.22925531.
- 2024-08-22GM's Cruise recalls nearly 1,200 robotaxis to close a US government probe stemming from a crash.Recall
- 2024-08-14The FDA issued a warning letter to Globus Medical after finding that the company failed to properly investigate complaints of misplaced screws and delayed reporting serious injuries, including spinal cord damage to a patient, associated with its ExcelsiusGPS surgical robot.Report
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