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Robotic Lawnmower Severely Injures 11-Month-Old Child in Austria

S4 · 05/2024 · unspecified robotic lawnmower manufacturer · Austria

Record

Companyunspecified robotic lawnmower manufacturer
Categoryother
Typeinjury
Date05/2024
Time of daynot documented
LocationAustria
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale-
Confidencelow
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceGoogle News aggregation

What happened

An autonomous robotic lawnmower severely injured an 11-month-old child in Austria.

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