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Category

Sidewalk Delivery

16 companies tracked, 5 with documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks category median where nonzero.

Analyst brief

Sidewalk-delivery robotics shows 13 incidents across 5 of 16 tracked companies, a 31-percent record rate on a small population. Crash is the dominant type at 6 of 13 entries, with injury (3), disruption (2), fire (1), and shutdown (1) making up the remainder. Severity concentrates at the low-to-moderate end, with 7 of 13 entries at tier 2 and 3 at tier 1, and only 3 entries at tiers 3 and 4 combined, indicating a record weighted toward minor operational incidents. Serve Robotics, Coco Robotics, and Starship account for the bulk of named entities, consistent with these being the category's most deployed fleets.

Entries by year and severity

252018 S3: 11182023 S3: 11232024 S2: 11242025 S2: 22025 S4: 13252026 S1: 32026 S2: 2526
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By incident type

By severity

Highest-index companies

Company risk ranking

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Category percentileBandIncidents
Serve Robotics
26.8
100% Elevated 5
Coco Robotics
20.7
93% Elevated 4
Starship
16.9
87% Elevated 2
Kiwibot
5.8
80% Low 1
Neubility
4.9
73% Low 1
Cartken
0.0
0% None documented 0
Ottonomy.IO
0.0
0% None documented 0
Refraction AI
0.0
0% None documented 0
Relay Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Piaggio Fast Forward
0.0
0% None documented 0
REE Automotive
0.0
0% None documented 0
Academy of Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
JD Logistics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Meituan
0.0
0% None documented 0
Cainiao
0.0
0% None documented 0
Yandex
0.0
0% None documented 0

Recent incidents

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S109/2026Coco Robotics disruption Chicago, IL, USAA dozen Coco delivery robots swarm and block Lincoln Park sidewalk · 12+ robots CBS Chicago
S203/24
2026
Coco Robotics crash Chicago, IL, USARogue delivery robots smash Chicago bus shelters geekspin
S103/24
2026
Coco Robotics crash Chicago, IL, USACoco Robotics delivery robot crashes into CTA bus shelter in Chicago · 1 robot ABC7 Chicago
S103/22
2026
Serve Robotics crash Chicago, IL, USAServe Robotics delivery robot crashes into CTA bus shelter in Chicago · 1 robot ABC7 Chicago
S201/16
2026
Coco Robotics crash Miami, FL, USACoco Robotics Delivery Robot Destroyed by Train After Getting Stuck on Tracks in Miami · 1 robot People
S410/22
2025
Serve Robotics injury NJ, USANew Jersey cyclist sues after delivery robot 'hit-and-run' leaves him with broken shoulder, head injury News12 New Jersey / News
S209/13
2025
Serve Robotics crash West Hollywood, CA, USAServe delivery robot collides with mobility scooter user in West Hollywood · 1 robot KTLA
S209/12
2025
Serve Robotics injury West Hollywood, CA, USADelivery robot collides with man with cerebral palsy on mobility scooter KTLA / CBS News / ABC7 /
S212/03
2024 · 08:40
Neubility crash Songdo, Incheon, South KoreaDelivery robot runs red light, struck by car in Songdo, Incheon 한국일보
S32023Starship injury Tempe, AZ, USAStarship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant · 1 robot / 1 person injured KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix /
S312/2018Kiwibot fire Berkeley, CA, USAKiwi delivery robot catches fire at UC Berkeley from defective replacement battery · 1 robot; fleet of ~100 grounded pendin… TechCrunch
S2Starship shutdown Pittsburgh, PA, USAStarship robots pulled from University of Pittsburgh over accessibility/safety hazard · fleet at one campus TribLIVE / WESA / Pittsb
S2Serve Robotics disruption Los Angeles, CA, USARobot delivery cart blocks fire truck in Hollywood intersection KTLA
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