Robot incidents in 2024

30 verified incidents on file for 2024. Each entry is classified, source-attributed, and append-only; corrections and retractions are recorded on the record.

• Waymo robotaxi and Serve Robotics delivery robot collided in West Hollywood (Dec 2024)2024-12-27 · collision
• Two Amazon MK30 delivery drones crashed within minutes at an Oregon test site2024-12-16 · malfunction
• PACCAR recalls 220,972 Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks for ABS and stability control ECU issue2024-12-12 · recall
• OSHA: 18-year-old machine operator killed by robotic arm during sensor maintenance (2024)2024-12-02 · fatality
• River Drone 5 collided with container ship near Rotterdam2024-12-01 · collision
• Neubie delivery robot collided with a vehicle at a crosswalk in Songdo, Incheon2024-12-01 · collision
• Cruise admits a false report to a federal investigation; $500K DOJ deferred-prosecution agreement2024-11-14 · regulatory_action
• River Drone 4 spilled 10,000 litres of fuel into Belgium's Albert Canal2024-11-01 · property_damage
• NHTSA investigates Tesla FSD over crashes in reduced visibility, including a fatality2024-10-18 · regulatory_action
• NHTSA fines Cruise $1.5M for failing to fully report the Oct 2023 pedestrian-dragging crash2024-09-30 · regulatory_action
• Intuitive Ion Endoluminal System recall: instrument-cart-arm screw issue (Z-2720-2024)2024-09-04 · recall
• Cruise recalls its entire 1,194-vehicle fleet over unexpected hard braking2024-08-22 · recall
• Software May Cause Unexpected Braking2024-08-09 · recall
• USCG report: 16-foot autonomous vessel collided with rowing scull on Patapsco River in Baltimore2024-08-07 · collision
• FDA Class 2 recall of Epione needle guide component due to rust2024-08-05 · recall
• Waymo recalls 672 vehicles after a robotaxi struck a utility pole in Phoenix2024-06-12 · recall
• ADS Software Error May Cause Crash2024-06-10 · recall
• Stryker Mako Total Knee software correction over 'error #3' codes when switching applications2024-05-28 · recall
• NHTSA opens a probe into Waymo's 5th-gen ADS after reports of unexpected driving behavior2024-05-13 · regulatory_action
• Össur recalls Rheo Knee prosthetic devices due to safety concern2024-03-25 · recall
• OSHA: Worker crushed to death by robotic arm inside conveyor cage at Markman Peat Corp (2024)2024-02-22 · fatality
• Starship Technologies delivery robot reportedly struck a parked car and left the scene, Helsinki (2025)2024-02-15 · property_damage
• Waymo recalls 444 ADS vehicles (NHTSA 24E-013) over towed-vehicle misprediction2024-02-13 · recall
• ADS Software Error May Cause Crash2024-02-13 · recall
• Waymo robotaxi collides with pickup truck in San Francisco (Feb 2024)2024-02-11 · collision
• Employee electrocuted when forklift contacted overhead power lines at FMC Technologies facility2024-01-24 · fatality
• Rearview Image May Not Display2024-01-22 · recall
• Apple disabled Blood Oxygen on US Apple Watch to comply with a Masimo ITC exclusion order2024-01-18 · regulatory_action
• Qihoo 360 antivirus tricked into whitelisting malware2024-01-15 · malfunction
• FDA MAUDE report: Yomi guided dental implant robot serious injury event2024-01-01 · injury