Robot incidents in 2013
The Machine Record holds 3 incidents involving commercial robots in 2013, most involving Intuitive Surgical: 2 where a person was hurt, 1 of them fatal, and 0 that reached a regulator, a recall or a court.
Counts measure what was reported in English and cleared verification, not how many events took place. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of this is a rate. The rules are on the methodology page.
By kind of machine
- Consumer1
- Robot arm1
- Surgical1
By company
- Intuitive Surgical1
By outcome
- fatality1
- property damage1
- serious injury1
Cases
Every case dated 2013
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2013-12-04A worker was crushed to death under a robotic arm.Report
- 2013-11-13A robot vacuum cleaner reactivated itself on a kitchen worktop in Austria, pushed a cooking pot aside, landed on a hot stove element, melted and caught fire, causing smoke damage that rendered the home uninhabitable.Report
- 2013-06-14Lawsuits allege that microscopic cracks in the insulating covers of the da Vinci Surgical System's a person allowed electrical current to leak and burn patients during minimally invasive surgeries at hospitals across the United States.Report