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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.

973
Verified incidents
78
Affected operators
733
Collisions
21
Injuries / fatalities
62
Recalls
92
Regulatory actions
Kindall (973)Collision (733)Injury (15)Fatality (6)Recall (62)Regulatory action (92)Malfunction (28)Property damage (15)Traffic disruption (8)Other (13)

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

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ProvenanceHeadlineKindDate ↓SubjectSources
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAmazon Prime Air drone drops package into Texas backyard poolMalfunction2026-08-18Amazon Astro at Seattle1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDLong March 7A rocket fails during ChinaSat-4B satellite launch from WenchangMalfunction2026-08-10Yutu-2 Rover at The Moon1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDNEURA Robotics 4NE-1 humanoid collapsed on stage during Qualcomm keynote at Computex 2026 in TaipeiMalfunction2026-08-014NE-1 at Herzogenaurach, Germany1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDKatalyst Space LINK spacecraft tumbling out of control after reaction wheel failures during NASA Swift Observatory missionMalfunction2026-07-26LINK at United States (multiple hotel chains)3
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMultiple Waymo robotaxis stranded with dead batteries during July 4 San Francisco traffic gridlockMalfunction2026-07-04Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Sacramento, California, USA1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDNOMAD UGV flips onto side when transport trailer ramp fails during Army exerciseMalfunction2026-07-01NOMAD at Fort Irwin, California, USA1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDNYPD Skydio X10 drone malfunctioned and crashed near FIFA World Cup Fan Zone in Brooklyn, battery caught fireMalfunction2026-06-24Skydio X10 at San Mateo2
DEPLOY VERIFIED89 drones crash into Sydney Harbour during Vivid Sydney drone light showMalfunction2026-05-26SkyMagic2
DEPLOY VERIFIED89 SkyMagic drones crashed into Sydney Harbour during Vivid Sydney light show due to radio frequency interferenceMalfunction2026-05-25SkyMagic1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMedtronic Hugo RAS: failure to calibrate with the application program freezing or failing to launch (FDA MAUDE)Malfunction2026-05-21Hugo RAS at Dublin, Ireland2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWaymo suspended Atlanta robotaxi service after a robotaxi was stuck amid flooding (May 2026)Malfunction2026-05-21Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Atlanta5
DEPLOY VERIFIEDDozens of empty Waymo robotaxis swarmed an Atlanta cul-de-sac due to software glitchMalfunction2026-05-15Waymo Driver (6th gen) at Sacramento, California, USA1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMedtronic Hugo RAS: unintended collision with the application program freezing or failing to launch (FDA MAUDE)Malfunction2026-05-14Hugo RAS at Dublin, Ireland1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDSecurity researcher reveals Yarbo yard robots vulnerable to remote hijacking, camera access, and emergency-stop bypassMalfunction2026-05-11Yarbo Lawn Mower Pro at United States (multiple hotel chains)2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAuris Monarch bronchoscope: Navigation EM error at the docking station, scope removed (FDA MAUDE)Malfunction2026-05-08Monarch Platform2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDUnitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctioned at school sports day in Xinjiang, China, throwing kicks at student performersMalfunction2026-05-05Unitree Go2 at Global1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDGeneral Atomics CCA drone prototype crashes during test flightMalfunction2026-04-07MQ-9 Reaper at Creech Air Force Base1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCMR Surgical Versius: hand-controller arm went still and console became unrecoverable, forcing open conversion (FDA MAUDE)Malfunction2026-04-07Versius at India1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZimmer ROSA Recon: force sensor error and unintended robotic-arm drift during a knee case (FDA MAUDE)Malfunction2026-04-01ROSA at France2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDApollo Go robotaxis in Wuhan stranded passengers in service-wide malfunctionMalfunction2026-03-31Apollo RT6 at Wuhan, China3
DEPLOY VERIFIEDBoeing Insitu ScanEagle UAS experienced engine failure and crashed in a field near Pendleton, OregonMalfunction2026-03-10ScanEagle at Colombia2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDZimmer ROSA Recon: a large amount of sparks with a hole found in the power cord (FDA MAUDE)Malfunction2026-03-09ROSA at France2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDWing delivery drone crashes and catches fire after a Walmart delivery in Kemah, TexasMalfunction2026-03-01Wing Autoloader at Dublin, Ireland1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDXPENG IRON humanoid robot fell face-first during its first public appearance at a Shenzhen shopping mallMalfunction2026-02-01XPeng IRON at Shanghai, China1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDXPENG IRON humanoid fell face-first during public debut at shopping mallMalfunction2026-01-31XPeng IRON at Shanghai, China1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDMedtronic Hugo RAS: robotic arm froze during undocking, leading to bleeding and open conversion (FDA MAUDE)Malfunction2026-01-16Hugo RAS at Dublin, Ireland2
DEPLOY VERIFIEDCoco delivery robot destroyed by Brightline train after hardware failure on tracks in Fort LauderdaleMalfunction2026-01-15Coco Bot at West Hollywood1
DEPLOY VERIFIEDBoston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robot loses hand during backflip at CES 2026 demoMalfunction2026-01-07Spot at Germany2