Injury incidents

40 documented injury incidents across 28 companies.

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Sev	Date	Company	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S4	07/27 2026	Waymo	injury	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Woman critically injured in two-car crash involving Waymo vehicle in Los Angeles	ABC7 Bay Area / Los Ange
S4	05/2026	Yarbo	injury	—	Yarbo's Promise to Fix the Robot Mower That Ran Someone Over	The Verge
S4	01/31 2026	Unattributed (South Korea)	injury	Yeosu, South Korea	Worker left unconscious after entrapment in packaging robot at Yeosu Industrial Complex	여수넷통뉴스
S4	12/06 2025	Hellobike (Hello Inc.) / Baidu	injury	Zhuzhou, Hunan, China	Hellobike robotaxi hits and injures two pedestrians in Zhuzhou, China	Yicai Global
S4	12/06 2025	Baidu (Apollo Go)	injury	Zhuzhou, Hunan, China	City of Zhuzhou in Hunan Suspended Hellobike Robotaxi Service After Vehicle Struck Two Pedestrians · 1 robotaxi, 2 pedestrians	CarNewsChina
S4	12/06 2025	Baidu	injury	China	Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxi Strikes Pedestrians, One Trapped Beneath Vehicle	Interesting Engineering
S4	10/22 2025	Serve Robotics	injury	NJ, USA	New Jersey cyclist sues after delivery robot 'hit-and-run' leaves him with broken shoulder, head injury	News12 New Jersey / News
S4	08/02 2025 · 16:00	Kent Police	injury	Kent, England, UK	Child Injured in Kent Police Drone Crash · 1 child injured	BBC
S4	02/16 2025	Waymo	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Waymo robotaxi passenger-door opening severely injures cyclist, lawsuit claims	The Press Democrat
S4	12/2024 evening, Dec 21, 2024	Sky Elements Drone Show	injury	Orlando, FL, USA	Falling drones seriously injure 7-year-old boy at Orlando Lake Eola holiday drone show · multi-drone light show	NBC News
S4	11/14 2024	Cruise	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Cruise admits false report after robotaxi dragged pedestrian in San Francisco	NBC Bay Area
S4	05/2024	unspecified robotic lawnmower manufacturer	injury	Austria	Robotic Lawnmower Severely Injures 11-Month-Old Child in Austria	Google News aggregation
S4	04/14 2024	UralTransMash / AI Cognitive Technologies	injury	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Brake Failure in AI-Assisted Tram Injures Multiple Pedestrians in Saint Petersburg, Russia · 1 tram, 3 pedestrians struck	Newsflare
S4	10/02 2023 · 21:30	Cruise (General Motors)	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Cruise robotaxi drags pedestrian after being struck by another car	Berliner Morgenpost
S4	10/02 2023 · ~21:30 PT	Cruise	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Cruise robotaxi drags pedestrian 20 feet after hit-and-run in San Francisco · 1 pedestrian, serious injury	San Francisco Chronicle
S4	07/22 2023	Tesla	injury	Fremont, CA, USA	Former factory worker sues Tesla after robotic arm knocks him unconscious	Manufacturing Dive
S4	12/2018 ~06:05 EST	Amazon	injury	Robbinsville, NJ, USA	Robot punctures bear repellent can, sickens dozens of warehouse workers · 1 robot/incident, 24 hospitalized	NPR
S4	01/2017	Amsted Rail	injury	Groveport, OH, USA	Worker's leg crushed at Amsted Rail's Groveport, OH plant; $610K OSHA fine · 1 injury, 1 facility	Murray & Murray
S3	01/23 2026	Waymo (Alphabet)	injury	Santa Monica, CA, USA	Waymo robotaxi strikes child near Santa Monica school	Reuters
S3	01/23 2026	Waymo	injury	Santa Monica, CA, USA	Waymo robotaxi strikes child near Santa Monica elementary school; NHTSA opens probe · 1 child injured	CNBC
S3	12/06 2025	Hello Inc. (Hellobike)	injury	Zhuzhou, China	Hellobike robotaxi injures two pedestrians in Zhuzhou	Yicai Global
S3	08/02 2025 · ~16:00 UK	DJI	injury	London, England, UK	Kent Police DJI Matrice 30T crashes into child, severe hand injury · 1 unit	DroneXL
S3	2023	Starship	injury	Tempe, AZ, USA	Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant · 1 robot / 1 person injured	KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix /
S3	09/2020	Amazon	injury	—	Reveal investigation: Amazon's robotic fulfillment centers have higher serious injury rates · 23 fulfillment centers analyzed	AI Incident Database
S3		Waymo	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Two Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Bike-Lane Collision That Injured San Francisco Cyclist · 2 vehicles, 1 cyclist injured	San Francisco Chronicle
S3		Tesla	injury	Fremont, CA, USA	Optimus robot allegedly pins and injures Fremont plant worker · 1 unit / 1 worker injured	CBS8
S3		Starship Technologies	injury	Tempe, AZ, USA	Starship Technologies Delivery Robot Reportedly Injures Arizona State University Employee · 1 robot	The Verge
S2	07/20 2026 · 12:10	Ehime Children's Castle (Matsuyama, Ehime)	injury	Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan	Autonomous cart strikes elementary school child, runs over calf, at Ehime Children's Castle · 1 cart	Yomiuri Shimbun / TBS Ne
S2	01/17 2026 · 13:30 PT	Zoox	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Zoox robotaxi strikes opening car door, injures driver in San Francisco · 1 injury	Mission Local
S2	09/12 2025	Serve Robotics	injury	West Hollywood, CA, USA	Delivery robot collides with man with cerebral palsy on mobility scooter	KTLA / CBS News / ABC7 /
S2	05/08 2025	Zoox	injury	—	Zoox robotaxi collides with e-scooter rider · 1 minor injury	Zoox safety recall repor
S2	07/2024	Baidu	injury	Wuhan, China	Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi strikes jaywalking pedestrian in Wuhan	Associated Press
S2	02/06 2024	Waymo	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Waymo robotaxi collides with cyclist in San Francisco's Potrero Hill	CBS News
S2	07/2022	Manna	injury	Ireland	Man suffered minor injury after propeller fell from Manna drone	RTE.ie / BreakingNews.ie
S2	06/30 2015	Hocoma	injury	—	Proximal tibia fracture in a patient with incomplete spinal cord injury associated with robotic treadmill training · 1 patient	nature.com
S2		Unitree Robotics	injury	Xinjiang, China	Humanoid Robot Kicks Boy During Public Demonstration in Xinjiang, China · 1 robot	Interesting Engineering
S2		Unitree	injury	Urumqi, Xinjiang, China	Unitree G1 robot kicks child in stomach during Xinjiang demo	finance.biggo.com
S2		KUKA	injury	Austin, TX, USA	KUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas · 1 injury	Washington Times
S1	12/2025	Waymo	injury	San Francisco, CA, USA	Waymo self-driving vehicle strikes dog in San Francisco	Mission Local
S1	12/2025	Unitree	injury	—	Unitree G1 accidentally kicks its own teleoperator during motion-mirroring demo · 1 unit / 1 person struck	Cybernews

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