Robot incidents in 2022

22 verified incidents on file for 2022. Each entry is classified, source-attributed, and append-only; corrections and retractions are recorded on the record.

• Withings ScanWatch FDA Class 2 recall: app bug let users run ECG without physician review2022-12-19 · recall
• Hitachi CM Australia worker suffered compound leg fracture during EH4000 dump truck maintenance at Tarrawonga Mine2022-11-13 · injury
• da Vinci Xi 8mm SureForm 30 stapler recall over staple-deployment failure and device fragments2022-10-07 · recall
• Wing delivery drone came to rest on an 11kV power line, caught fire, and cut power to ~2,000 homes2022-09-30 · property_damage
• Intuitive recalls da Vinci X/Xi systems over inadvertent energy delivery with Force bipolar instruments2022-09-20 · recall
• OSHA: Worker fatally crushed by spot-welding robot during maintenance at Unipres Southeast (2022)2022-09-01 · fatality
• Cruise recalls 80 ADS units (NHTSA 22E-072) over unprotected-left hard-braking software2022-08-29 · recall
• NHTSA opens investigation PE22-019 into TuSimple ADS safety (Aug 2022)2022-08-05 · regulatory_action
• China's Cyberspace Administration fines Didi 8.026 billion yuan ($1.2B) for cybersecurity violations2022-07-21 · regulatory_action
• Intuitive recalls da Vinci X/Xi and S/Si Clip Appliers over unexpected motion from partial disengagement2022-07-01 · recall
• Stryker Mako bone-registration accuracy recall (Class II, 2022)2022-07-01 · recall
• NHTSA opens Engineering Analysis EA22-002 into Tesla Autopilot driver engagement and foreseeable misuse2022-06-08 · regulatory_action
• FDA Class I recall of 35,950 SafeStar 55 breathing system filters over possible oxygen blockage2022-05-01 · recall
• TuSimple autonomous truck swerved across I-10 and struck a concrete barrier (Tucson)2022-04-06 · collision
• Initial Delay In Rearview Image Display/FMVSS 1112022-03-18 · recall
• Intuitive recalls da Vinci X/Xi SureForm 45 staplers over tissue pushout that can cause critical bleeding2022-03-17 · recall
• Intuitive recalls da Vinci EndoWrist Vessel Sealer Extend instruments over risk of insufficient vessel seals2022-03-03 · recall
• Intuitive recalls da Vinci SynchroSeal instruments over risk of insufficient vessel seals2022-03-03 · recall
• Fitbit Ionic burn-hazard recall (~1M US units); $12.25M CPSC penalty in 20252022-03-02 · recall
• Husqvarna recalls Automower 435X AWD and 535 AWD robotic lawn mowers over lithium-battery fire hazard (2022)2022-02-01 · recall
• FCC revokes China Unicom Americas' telecom services authority2022-01-27 · regulatory_action
• Vehicle May Fail to Stop at Stop Sign2022-01-27 · recall