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Sidewalk delivery

17 tracked companies; 5 companies with incident history, 12 unique documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks industry median where nonzero. All industries.

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.

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Company risk ranking

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Industry percentileBandIncidents
Serve Robotics
42.1
100% Elevated 4
Coco Robotics
34.4
94% Elevated 4
Starship
28.2
88% Elevated 2
Kiwibot
9.7
81% Low 1
Neubility
8.1
75% Low 1

Recent incidents

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S1~Sep 2026Coco Robotics disruption Chicago, IL, USAA dozen Coco delivery robots swarm and block Lincoln Park sidewalk · 12+ robots CBS Chicago
S224 Mar 2026Coco Robotics crash Chicago, IL, USARogue delivery robots smash Chicago bus shelters geekspin
S124 Mar 2026Coco Robotics crash Chicago, IL, USACoco Robotics delivery robot crashes into CTA bus shelter in Chicago · 1 robot ABC7 Chicago
S122 Mar 2026Serve Robotics crash Chicago, IL, USAServe Robotics delivery robot crashes into CTA bus shelter in Chicago · 1 robot ABC7 Chicago
S216 Jan 2026Coco Robotics crash Miami, FL, USACoco Robotics Delivery Robot Destroyed by Train After Getting Stuck on Tracks in Miami · 1 robot People
S422 Oct 2025Serve Robotics injury NJ, USANew Jersey cyclist sues after delivery robot 'hit-and-run' leaves him with broken shoulder, head injury News12 New Jersey / News
S212 Sep 2025Serve Robotics injury West Hollywood, CA, USADelivery robot collides with man with cerebral palsy on mobility scooter KTLA / CBS News / ABC7 /
S203 Dec 2024Neubility crash Songdo, Incheon, South KoreaDelivery robot runs red light, struck by car in Songdo, Incheon 한국일보
S3~2023Starship injury Tempe, AZ, USAStarship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant · 1 robot / 1 person injured KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix /
S3~Dec 2018Kiwibot fire Berkeley, CA, USAKiwi delivery robot catches fire at UC Berkeley from defective replacement battery · 1 robot; fleet of ~100 grounded pending investigation TechCrunch
S2not documentedStarship shutdown Pittsburgh, PA, USAStarship robots pulled from University of Pittsburgh over accessibility/safety hazard · fleet at one campus TribLIVE / WESA / Pittsb
S2not documentedServe Robotics disruption Los Angeles, CA, USARobot delivery cart blocks fire truck in Hollywood intersection KTLA
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