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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.

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Verified incidents
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Affected operators
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Collisions
63
Injuries / fatalities
133
Recalls
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Regulatory actions
Kindall (367)Collision (38)Injury (39)Fatality (24)Recall (133)Regulatory action (63)Malfunction (30)Property damage (16)Traffic disruption (3)Other (18)

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

ProvenanceHeadlineKindDate ↓SubjectSources
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 robot kicks child during amusement park performance in ChinaInjury2026-06-08Unitree Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 humanoid robot roundhouse-kicked a child in the stomach during a martial arts demo at Urumqi Botanical GardenInjury2026-06-01Unitree G11
DEPLOY VERIFIEDNew Jersey cyclist sues after delivery robot hit-and-run leaves him with broken shoulder and head injuryInjury2026-05-11Serve Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDJersey City cyclist injured when Avride delivery robot drove into bike laneInjury2026-05-11Avride1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMedtronic Hugo RAS: bipolar grasper broke and dropped a resin insulator fragment into a patient (FDA MAUDE)Injury2026-05-11Medtronic0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAuris Monarch: patient developed pneumothorax post-procedure requiring chest-tube placement (FDA MAUDE)Injury2026-04-30Auris Health0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 humanoid robot slapped a child in the face during a public dance show in Shaanxi, ChinaInjury2026-03-21Unitree G11
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 humanoid robot slaps child during dance performance malfunction in ChinaInjury2026-03-15Unitree Robotics1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo robotaxi hits child near elementary school in Santa MonicaInjury2026-01-29Waymo1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo robotaxi struck a child near elementary school in Santa Monica, prompting NHTSA investigationInjury2026-01-23Waymo1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZoox robotaxi struck an opening car door in San Francisco, injuring a street ambassadorInjury2026-01-17Zoox Robotaxi at San Francisco4
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree G1 humanoid robot kicked an engineer in the groin during motion-capture training test in ChinaInjury2025-12-24Unitree G11
DEPLOY VERIFIEDRobotaxi (Baidu Apollo RT6, Hellobike-operated) struck two pedestrians in Zhuzhou; service suspendedInjury2025-12-06Apollo RT62
DEPLOY VERIFIEDBaidu Apollo Go robotaxi caused an accident in a central Chinese city, leaving two people in intensive care (2025)Injury2025-12-06Baidu1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAvride delivery robot struck a cyclist in Jersey City, who suffered a broken clavicle and concussionInjury2025-10-22Avride delivery robot at Jersey City3
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla robotics technician sues for 1M after FANUC robot accident at Fremont factoryInjury2025-09-30Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla Robotaxi rear-ended by SUV at 2 mph, safety monitor reported pain and sought medical evaluationInjury2025-07-15Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla Robotaxi teleoperator drove vehicle into metal fence causing minor injuryInjury2025-07-01Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDda Vinci SP: patient experienced abdominal pain, bleeding, and wound infection (FDA MAUDE)Injury2025-06-18Intuitive Surgical0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWandercraft Atalante X: patient fall after the assistant released the lift while the therapist stepped away (FDA MAUDE)Injury2025-03-17Wandercraft0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDda Vinci endoscope: light left on burned the patient after resting on the thigh (FDA MAUDE)Injury2025-01-21Intuitive Surgical0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZimmer ROSA Recon: reaming produced an oblong hole requiring a bone graft (FDA MAUDE)Injury2024-06-24Zimmer Biomet0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDFDA MAUDE report: Yomi guided dental implant robot serious injury eventInjury2024-01-01Yomi S1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPick-and-place robot crushed a worker at a South Korean vegetable-packing plant (2023)Injury2023-11-08—1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCruise driverless robotaxi dragged a pedestrian ~20 feet in San FranciscoInjury2023-10-02Cruise AV (Chevrolet Bolt) at San Francisco6
DEPLOY VERIFIEDStarship Technologies delivery robot reportedly struck and injured a pedestrian at Arizona State University (Sept 2023)Injury2023-09-01Starship Bot3
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla and FANUC sued for $51M after a factory robot arm struck a technician unconscious at Fremont (2023)Injury2023-07-22Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDTesla technician sues for 51M after FANUC robot arm knocked him unconscious at Fremont factoryInjury2023-07-22Tesla1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDEkso Bionics EksoNR: knee swelling and a left motor overheating during sit-to-stand (FDA MAUDE)Injury2023-04-14Ekso Bionics0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDStryker Mako: persistent instability and pain requiring revision after over-resection (FDA MAUDE)Injury2020-11-11Stryker0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDEkso Bionics EksoGT: lower-back pain on sit-to-stand in a patient with an incompletely healed femur (FDA MAUDE)Injury2020-10-28Ekso Bionics0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDReWalk (now Lifeward) Personal 6.0: lateral tibial plateau fracture in a new user (FDA MAUDE)Injury2019-12-18Lifeward0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAutomated palletizer punctured a bear-spray can at an Amazon warehouse, hospitalizing two dozen workers (2018)Injury2018-12-05Amazon1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDKnightscope K5 security robot knocked down and ran over a toddler at Stanford Shopping Center (2016)Injury2016-07-07Knightscope1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMaintenance tech Wanda Holbrook killed when assembly-line robotics activated during service, Ionia MI (2015)Injury2015-07-07FANUC Corporation1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDContractor crushed by a stationary assembly robot at Volkswagen's Baunatal plant, Germany (2015)Injury2015-07-01Volkswagen Group1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDOut-of-control DJI Phantom 3 hits a building and falls into the crowd at the Seattle Pride parade, knocking a woman unconsciousInjury2015-06-28DJI0
DEPLOY VERIFIEDKenji Urada killed by a Kawasaki robot arm after entering the work envelope, Akashi, Japan (1981)Injury1981-01-01Kawasaki Heavy Industries1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDRobert Williams, first known person killed by a robot, struck by a parts-retrieval arm at Ford (1979)Injury1979-01-25Ford Motor Company1