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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 →

Definitions: see the glossary.

See also: all verified deployments, verified robotaxis, humanoid companies.

367
Verified incidents
123
Affected operators
38
Collisions
63
Injuries / fatalities
133
Recalls
63
Regulatory actions

16 of 367 incidents shown. Sort by severity to surface fatality / injury / recall first.

ProvenanceHeadlineKindDateSubjectSources
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWing delivery drone came to rest on an 11kV power line, caught fire, and cut power to ~2,000 homesProperty damage2022-09-30Wing Delivery Aircraft2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDStarship Technologies delivery robot reportedly struck a parked car and left the scene, Helsinki (2025)Property damage2024-02-15Starship Bot3
DEPLOY VERIFIEDRiver Drone 4 spilled 10,000 litres of fuel into Belgium's Albert CanalProperty damage2024-11-01River Drone1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCrane-suspended Unitree H1 thrashed during a factory test and toppled nearby equipmentProperty damage2025-05-01Unitree H12
DEPLOY VERIFIEDFF 91 electric vehicle caught fire and exploded at Faraday Future's Los Angeles headquartersProperty damage2025-09-29Faraday Future1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDFigure 02 alleged to have gashed a steel door in a malfunction (whistleblower lawsuit)Property damage2025-11-21Figure 022
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla Robotaxi teleoperator drove vehicle into construction barricadeProperty damage2026-01-15Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAmazon MK30 delivery drone struck an apartment building in Richardson, Texas; backyard grass fireProperty damage2026-02-15Prime Air MK301
DEPLOY VERIFIEDServe Robotics delivery robot crashes through CTA bus shelter in ChicagoProperty damage2026-03-15Serve Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDServe Robotics delivery robot 'Nasir' shattered a CTA bus shelter in Chicago's West TownProperty damage2026-03-22Serve Robotics3
DEPLOY VERIFIEDServe Robotics delivery robot crashed through glass CTA bus shelter in Chicago West TownProperty damage2026-03-22Serve Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDServe Robotics delivery robot crashes into Chicago bus shelter shattering glassProperty damage2026-03-24Serve Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCoco Robotics delivery robot crashed into CTA bus shelter in Chicago Old TownProperty damage2026-03-24Coco Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCoco delivery robot goes rogue, uproots garden and causes property damage at LA homeProperty damage2026-06-15Coco Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo robotaxi caught fire after driving over a lit firework on Connecticut Street in San Francisco (July 4 2026)Property damage2026-07-04Waymo2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAvride delivery rover crashed into parked car in Moscow and fled the scene, first recorded delivery robot hit-and-runProperty damage2026-07-07Avride1