Commercial robot incidents, March 2025
2 commercial robot incidents dated March 2025, up 100% on the month before, 1 with a person hurt and 0 fatal. 0 cases were added to the register during the month. Most involved Zoox (1). Largest class: autonomous vehicles (1).
Incidents are counted by the date they happened, 2025-03-01 to 2025-03-31. 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: February 2025. Quarterly view: the quarterly record.
By kind of machine
- Autonomous vehicles1
- Consumer robots1
By company
- Zoox1
By outcome
- minor injury1
- property damage1
The cases that reached furthest
Ordered by severity, then by how many independent sources the case rests on.
- 2025-03-19Zoox issued a voluntary software recall for 258 vehicles equipped with autonomous driving software released before November 5, 2024, following two incidents in which motorcyclists collided with the rear of Zoox-equipped Toyota Highlanders that were operating with their autonomous systems engaged.Report
- 2025-03-07Pool cleaner robot: Poolrunner Battery Pro PerformanceRecall
All 2 incidents dated March 2025
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.
- 2025-03-19Zoox issued a voluntary software recall for 258 vehicles equipped with autonomous driving software released before November 5, 2024, following two incidents in which motorcyclists collided with the rear of Zoox-equipped Toyota Highlanders that were operating with their autonomous systems engaged.Report
- 2025-03-07Pool cleaner robot: Poolrunner Battery Pro PerformanceRecall
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