Robot incidents in 2014
The Machine Record holds 2 incidents involving commercial robots in 2014, most involving Intuitive Surgical: 2 where a person was hurt, and 1 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
- Surgical2
By company
- Intuitive Surgical1
By outcome
- serious injury2
Cases
Every case dated 2014
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2014-09-30A piece of a surgical robot fell into a patient's abdominal cavity unnoticed during surgery, resulting in a $475,000 lawsuit.Lawsuit
- 2014-03-25Shareholders filed a derivative lawsuit against Intuitive Surgical alleging the company underreported adverse events and concealed recalls related to its da Vinci surgical robot.Report