Robot incidents in 2017
The Machine Record holds 3 incidents involving commercial robots in 2017: 3 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
- Industrial2
- Robot arm1
By company
By outcome
- serious injury2
- fatality1
Cases
Every case dated 2017
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2017-12-12Worker Sustains Fractured Hip When Struck By RobotInvestigation
- 2017-04-14a person, a 48-year-old engineer at a person in Hipperholme, was fatally crushed by a robotic arm while cleaning a sensor inside the machine's cell, dying from crush injuries to his chest.Report
- 2017-01-17Employee Is Struck By Robot Arm And Sustains Fractured SternInvestigation