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Verified robot incidents

Every recorded robot incident in the DEPLOY registry. Collisions, injuries, fatalities, recalls, regulatory actions. Each one tied to a real deployment, model, or company, and sourced.

This is the sourced accountability record, not a safety essay. Every incident below names a subject and cites at least one source. Injury and fatality entries require at least two independent sources before they enter this index. Retracted entries are excluded from this listing and remain reachable at their canonical URLs with the retraction recorded. How we verify →

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See also: which humanoid robots you can actually buy, robot recalls and safety incidents, all verified deployments, verified robotaxis, humanoid companies.

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Verified incidents
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Affected operators
733
Collisions
21
Injuries / fatalities
62
Recalls
92
Regulatory actions

13 of 973 incidents shown. Sort by severity to surface fatality / injury / recall first.

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ProvenanceHeadlineKindDateSubjectSources
DEPLOY VERIFIEDIntuitive Surgical administrative network breached via phishing; employee and customer data compromisedOther2026-03-16da Vinci (and Ion) at South Korea2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDThe Bot Company faces class action lawsuit for allegedly not paying contract workersOther2026-04-01Bot Company Home Robot1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDSunnybrook study: robotic-assisted knee replacement associated with double the risk of major complicationsOther2026-04-01da Vinci (and Ion) at South Korea1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMonarch Tractor shuts down and sells assets to Caterpillar after raising 40MOther2026-04-08MK-V at Napa1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo temporarily suspended freeway robotaxi service in four cities to improve construction-zone performance (May 2026)Other2026-05-21Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Sacramento, California, USA4
DEPLOY VERIFIEDRokid glasses user posts covert photo of flight attendants, sparking privacy concerns over AI glasses covert filmingOther2026-05-27Rokid Glasses at Global1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMQ-9A Reaper shot down by Houthi rebels over YemenOther2026-05-29MQ-9 Reaper at United States Air Force (global operations)1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDBorunte Robot founder Yin Rongzao sued for 7M yuan unauthorized bonuses after demanding 2M yuan/month salaryOther2026-06-01Borunte Robot0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCNN uncovers reported close calls with Waymo robotaxis - 'I had to push my son out of the way'Other2026-06-03Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Sacramento, California, USA1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDSaronic Corsair USV rescues downed Apache pilots in Strait of Hormuz - first US military use of USV for aircrew recoveryOther2026-06-08Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) at Huntington Beach1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDFBI seizes 500+ drones during FIFA World Cup 2026Other2026-07-02Skydio X10 at San Mateo1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTrudy Perez sues Starship Technologies over 2023 ASU delivery robot collision that caused spinal fracture and permanent injuryOther2026-07-14Starship Bot at Greater Manchester/Trafford, United Kingdom2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDFired Tesla FSD safety manager Javier Medrano sues Tesla, alleges systemic safety oversight defects and calls robotaxis cars rolling hazardsOther2026-07-28Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) at Orlando, Florida, USA1