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Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant

S3 · 2023 · Starship · Tempe, AZ, USA

Record

CompanyStarship
Categorysidewalk delivery
Typeinjury
Date2023
Time of daynot documented
LocationTempe, AZ, USA · Arizona State University parking garage
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 robot / 1 person injured
Confidencehigh
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceKJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / Futurism

What happened

A Starship autonomous delivery robot struck 73-year-old parking attendant Trudy Perez at an Arizona State University parking garage, reversing into her and allegedly causing a spinal fracture; she is suing Starship and its remote operator for negligence.

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