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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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973
Verified incidents
78
Affected operators
733
Collisions
21
Injuries / fatalities
62
Recalls
92
Regulatory actions

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

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ProvenanceHeadlineKindDateSubjectSources
DEPLOY VERIFIEDStarship delivery robot strikes ASU employee on campus, lawsuit filedInjury2026-07-25Starship Bot at Greater Manchester/Trafford, United Kingdom2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWoman sues Starship after delivery robot knocked her down, causing spinal fractureInjury2026-07-25Starship Bot at Greater Manchester/Trafford, United Kingdom1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDrone falls into stands at Ponoka Stampede, injuring two peopleInjury2026-07-10DJI Mavic 3 Pro at Global2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 robot kicks child during amusement park performance in ChinaInjury2026-06-08Unitree Go2 at Global1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 humanoid robot roundhouse-kicked a child in the stomach during a martial arts demo at Urumqi Botanical GardenInjury2026-06-01Unitree Go2 at Global1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDShield AI V-BAT drone propeller severs Romanian Navy official's fingers during training exercise off Texas coastInjury2026-05-12Shield AI V-BAT at San Diego, CA2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDNew Jersey cyclist sues after delivery robot hit-and-run leaves him with broken shoulder and head injuryInjury2026-05-11Serve Gen 3 at West Hollywood1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDJersey City cyclist injured when Avride delivery robot drove into bike laneInjury2026-05-11Avride delivery robot at Bowling Green, Ohio, USA1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMedtronic Hugo RAS: bipolar grasper broke and dropped a resin insulator fragment into a patient (FDA MAUDE)Injury2026-05-11Hugo RAS at Dublin, Ireland2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAuris Monarch: patient developed pneumothorax post-procedure requiring chest-tube placement (FDA MAUDE)Injury2026-04-30Monarch Platform2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 humanoid robot slapped a child in the face during a public dance show in Shaanxi, ChinaInjury2026-03-21Unitree Go2 at Global1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree humanoid robot startled an elderly woman into hospitalization in Macau; police escorted the robot awayInjury2026-03-05Unitree Go2 at Global2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 humanoid robot kicked a man in the nose causing heavy bleeding after falling and flailing during a public demonstration in ChinaInjury2026-02-18Unitree G1 at Tokyo Haneda Airport2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo autonomous vehicle struck a child near elementary school in Santa Monica, prompting NHTSA and NTSB investigationsInjury2026-01-23Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Sacramento, California, USA2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZoox robotaxi struck an opening car door in San Francisco, injuring a street ambassadorInjury2026-01-17Zoox Robotaxi at San Francisco4