Humanoids incidents

28 verified incidents involving humanoids robots. Source-attributed, append-only, corrections recorded on the record.

• NEURA Robotics 4NE-1 humanoid collapsed on stage during Qualcomm keynote at Computex 2026 in Taipei2026-08-01 · malfunction
• FCC bans imports of new Chinese-made humanoid and quadruped robots, citing national security risks2026-07-28 · regulatory_action
• Unitree G1 robot kicks child during amusement park performance in China2026-06-08 · injury
• Pentagon adds Unitree Robotics to Chinese Military Companies list (1260H)2026-06-08 · regulatory_action
• Unitree G1 humanoid robot roundhouse-kicked a child in the stomach during a martial arts demo at Urumqi Botanical Garden2026-06-01 · injury
• Unitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctioned at school sports day in Xinjiang, China, throwing kicks at student performers2026-05-05 · malfunction
• Unitree G1 humanoid robot slapped a child in the face during a public dance show in Shaanxi, China2026-03-21 · injury
• Unitree G1 humanoid robot slapped a child in the face during a public dance show in Shaanxi, China2026-03-21 · injury
• Unitree G1 humanoid robot slaps child during dance performance malfunction in China2026-03-15 · injury
• Unitree humanoid robot startled an elderly woman into hospitalization in Macau; police escorted the robot away2026-03-05 · injury
• Unitree G1 humanoid robot kicked a man in the nose causing heavy bleeding after falling and flailing during a public demonstration in China2026-02-18 · injury
• XPENG IRON humanoid robot fell face-first during its first public appearance at a Shenzhen shopping mall2026-02-01 · malfunction
• XPENG IRON humanoid fell face-first during public debut at shopping mall2026-01-31 · malfunction
• Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robot loses hand during backflip at CES 2026 demo2026-01-07 · malfunction
• Unitree G1 humanoid robot kicked an engineer in the groin during motion-capture training test in China2025-12-24 · injury
• Unitree G1 humanoid kicked engineer in the groin during motion-learning test2025-12-24 · injury
• Figure 02 alleged to have gashed a steel door in a malfunction (whistleblower lawsuit)2025-11-21 · property_damage
• Chery Fengyun X3L SUV crashes through guardrail at Tianmen Mountain during marketing stunt2025-11-12 · property_damage
• FF 91 electric vehicle caught fire and exploded at Faraday Future's Los Angeles headquarters2025-09-29 · property_damage
• Unitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctioned during lab testing, thrashing violently and collapsing a crane, narrowly missing technicians2025-07-21 · malfunction
• Crane-suspended Unitree H1 thrashed during a factory test and toppled nearby equipment2025-05-01 · property_damage
• Unitree H1 lurched toward festival spectators before handlers restrained it2025-02-09 · malfunction
• GAC Aion S recall: 210,000 vehicles affected by CALB battery defect2025-01-15 · recall
• Tesla 'We, Robot' event: Optimus robots were teleoperated, not autonomous — Tesla did not disclose this to attendees2024-10-10 · other
• GAC Fiat Chrysler recalls 9,052 vehicles in China over software issue2024-06-01 · recall
• Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo2023-03-21 · malfunction
• Pepper robots reported to make mechanical errors, take unplanned breaks, and fail to recognize previously-met people2021-06-28 · malfunction
• Kenji Urada killed by a Kawasaki robot arm after entering the work envelope, Akashi, Japan (1981)1981-01-01 · injury