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Starship Technologies Delivery Robot Reportedly Injures Arizona State University Employee

S3 · · Starship Technologies · Tempe, AZ, USA

Record

CompanyStarship Technologies
Categoryother
Typeinjury
Date
Time of daynot documented
LocationTempe, AZ, USA · Arizona State University
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 robot
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceThe Verge

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A Starship sidewalk delivery robot operating on ASU's campus struck and injured a university employee; a police report on the incident became public in September 2024.

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