| S5 | 05/2026 | Johnson & Johnson (Abiomed) |
malfunction |
USA | FDA warns on J&J Abiomed Automated Impella Controllers after death linked to software error |
MassDevice |
| S5 | 03/2025 | Calyxo |
malfunction |
USA | Calyxo discloses patient death linked to aspiration system used in robotic-assisted procedure |
MassDevice |
| S4 | 07/2026 | Katalyst Space Technologies |
malfunction |
— | Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost · LINK servicing spacecraft (Swift Rescu… |
Ars Technica |
| S4 | 09/2021 | Intuitive Surgical |
malfunction |
FL, USA | Lawsuit: da Vinci surgical robot burned woman's small intestine |
NBC News |
| S4 | 04/25
2017 | SSI Schaefer |
malfunction |
Lebedyan, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia | Racking/crane system collapse at PepsiCo-owned Lebedyansky juice plant (Russia) · 1 storage facility; 28+ million liters… |
TASS |
| S4 | 2013 | Intuitive Surgical |
malfunction |
— | 14-year FDA MAUDE analysis finds 144 deaths, 1,391 injuries in robotic surgery (2000-2013) · 144 deaths, 1,391 injuries, 8,061 malf… |
PLOS One |
| S4 | | Intuitive Surgical |
malfunction |
— | NBC News 10-year MAUDE analysis of da Vinci adverse events · 20,000+ adverse events, 274 deaths, 2,… |
NBC News |
| S3 | 07/2026 | Indian Navy |
malfunction |
Porbandar, Gujarat, India | Indian Navy Drishti-10 surveillance drone crashes near Porbandar · 1 UAV; 2nd mishap in 2 years |
India Sentinels |
| S3 | 06/09
2026 · ~15:25 | Siemens Mobility |
malfunction |
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | Barcelona Rodalies control-center software failures halt all commuter rail lines · fleet-wide (all Rodalies lines in Barc… |
El Democrata |
| S3 | 11/2025 | HART (Honolulu) |
malfunction |
Honolulu, HI, USA | Recurring platform screen-door malfunctions trigger repeated Skyline station outages · systemwide, 100+ station outages over … |
Honolulu Civil Beat |
| S3 | 11/2025 | Amazon |
malfunction |
Waco, TX, USA | Amazon Prime Air drone severs cable in Waco, Texas, prompting FAA probe |
CNBC |
| S3 | 10/2025 | STARK Defence |
malfunction |
— | Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials · 4 of 4 trial strikes failed |
DroneXL |
| S3 | 06/23
2025 · ~3:28pm local | U.S. Navy |
malfunction |
Ventura, CA, USA | Navy unmanned surface vessel malfunctions during tow test, capsizes support boat · 1 unmanned surface vessel, 1 support b… |
DefenseScoop |
| S3 | 06/23
2025 · 15:28 | Maritime Applied Physics Corporation |
malfunction |
— | Navy experiment cut short after unmanned vessel flipped a support boat |
DefenseScoop |
| S3 | 04/26
2025 · ~15:00 | Lift Aircraft |
malfunction |
Osaka, Japan | Hexa eVTOL suffers mechanical failure at Osaka World Expo, demo flights halted |
Aviation International N |
| S3 | 2025 | Intuitive Surgical |
malfunction |
— | 2015-2025 MAUDE study finds continued adverse event rate in da Vinci procedures · 420.1 reports per 100,000 procedures; … |
Journal of Robotic Surge |
| S3 | 12/31
2024 · 19:03 | Rise Above Drone Show |
malfunction |
Folly Beach, SC, USA | Drones fall from sky during Folly Beach New Year's Eve show, FAA investigates · drone light show fleet |
Post and Courier |
| S3 | 12/16
2024 | Amazon |
malfunction |
Pendleton, OR, USA | Amazon Prime Air delivery drones crash after backup rain/landing sensor removed from MK30 design · MK30 delivery drone fleet |
New York Post / Bloomber |
| S3 | 05/08
2024 | Neuralink |
malfunction |
— | Neuralink brain implant threads retract in first human patient |
CBS News |
| S3 | 12/11
2023 | Waymo (Alphabet) |
malfunction |
Phoenix, AZ, USA | Two Waymo robotaxis crash into the same truck within minutes, prompting recall |
STERN.de |
| S3 | 08/2022 | Tesla |
malfunction |
— | NHTSA finds 60 FSD Beta crashes and one fatality over 12-month period · 60 crashes, 1 fatality |
Wikipedia |
| S3 | 06/14
2022 | Momentus |
malfunction |
— | Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch · 1 vehicle (Vigoride) |
Spaceflight Now |
| S3 | 12/29
2020 | Tekever |
malfunction |
Kent, England, UK | AAIB report: Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2 double engine shutdown near Lydd, Kent |
GOV.UK / AAIB |
| S2 | 07/2026 | Tesla |
malfunction |
Tampa, FL, USA | Tesla robotaxi drives wrong-way in Tampa |
WFLA |
| S2 | 06/2026 | Royal Navy |
malfunction |
Portsmouth, England, UK | Royal Navy autonomous drone boat malfunctions, collides with yacht in Portsmouth Harbour · 1 unmanned surface vessel |
GB News |
| S2 | 06/2026 | Qualcomm-powered humanoid robot (unspecified integrator) |
malfunction |
unspecified | Humanoid robot running Qualcomm hardware collapses on stage during keynote demo |
Tom's Hardware |
| S2 | 03/16
2026 | Zoox |
malfunction |
— | NHTSA logs 123 Zoox autonomous-mode accidents cumulative · 123 cumulative logged accidents |
Wikipedia |
| S2 | 01/2026 | Waymo |
malfunction |
Phoenix, AZ, USA | Waymo Robotaxi Enters Phoenix Light-Rail Tracks as Train Approaches · 1 vehicle |
AZFamily |
| S2 | 01/2026 | Metrolinx |
malfunction |
Toronto, ON, Canada | TTC and Metrolinx dispute Eglinton Crosstown LRT brake-issue safety ahead of opening · single line, fleet-level issue |
Toronto Star |
| S2 | 01/2026 | Alstom |
malfunction |
Toronto, ON, Canada | Eglinton Crosstown LRT emergency brake issue raised ahead of opening · fleet-level issue, single line |
CBC News |
| S2 | 12/20
2025 | iRobot |
malfunction |
— | Roomba Combo j7+ reported to overheat and partially melt while charging · 1 unit |
Farzan Law |
| S2 | 12/08
2025 | Waymo |
malfunction |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | Waymo Robotaxi Transports Undetected Man Trapped in Trunk in Los Angeles · 1 vehicle |
Los Angeles Times |
| S2 | 10/27
2025 | Waymo |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Waymo robotaxi strikes and kills bodega cat 'KitKat' in San Francisco · 1 vehicle |
ABC7 Bay Area / SFGATE / |
| S2 | 09/2025 | Monarch Tractor |
malfunction |
Burks Tractor dealership, ID, USA | Idaho dealer sues Monarch Tractor over electric tractors that could not operate autonomously · 10 tractors |
TechCrunch |
| S2 | 05/2025 | Unitree Robotics |
malfunction |
China | Unitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctions, nearly strikes engineers during testing · 1 robot, 2 engineers present |
Interesting Engineering |
| S2 | 05/2025 | Amazon |
malfunction |
Tolleson, AZ, USA | Amazon delivery drone makes crash landing at Tolleson apartment complex · single MK30 delivery drone |
azfamily.com |
| S2 | 04/2025 | Jiushi Intelligent Technology / ZTO Express |
malfunction |
Xianyang, Shaanxi, China | Autonomous delivery vehicle drags fallen scooter in Xianyang · 1 vehicle |
Carscoops |
| S2 | 01/07
2025 | Tesla |
malfunction |
USA | Tesla 'Actually Smart Summon' Linked to ~16 Parking Lot Collisions · ~16 collisions across ~2,600,000 vehic… |
Washington Post |
| S2 | 01/2025 | WMATA |
malfunction |
Washington, DC, USA | 217 station overruns after ATO reactivation on Red Line · 217 overrun events, Red Line fleet |
Railway Track and Struct |
| S2 | 09/2024
10:00 | Waymo |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Waymo Driverless Taxi Stalled During Pedestrian Harassment Incident in San Francisco · 1 vehicle |
SF Standard |
| S2 | 05/13
2024 | Zoox |
malfunction |
USA | NHTSA investigates Zoox robotaxis after two crashes from unexpected braking |
NBC News |
| S2 | 05/08
2024 | Tesla |
malfunction |
OH, USA | Tesla on Full Self-Driving nearly drives into passing train |
Boing Boing |
| S2 | 03/17
2024 · 23:00 local, March 18 | AIR |
malfunction |
Mirosławiec, Poland | US MQ-9 Reaper drone loses control-station contact, makes emergency landing in Poland |
stripes.com |
| S2 | 01/2024 | Starship Technologies |
malfunction |
Helsinki, Finland | Starship delivery robot damages parked car, leaves scene |
Euro Weekly News |
| S2 | 06/27
2023 | Malloy Aeronautics |
malfunction |
— | Malloy Aeronautics T150 loss of control during flight mode changes |
suasnews.com |
| S2 | 12/2022 | Cruise |
malfunction |
— | NHTSA opens investigation into Cruise hard-braking and immobilization incidents · fleet-wide investigation |
Wikipedia |
| S2 | 04/2022 | Fluence |
malfunction |
Chandler, AZ, USA | Overheating event at AES 10MW Chandler, Arizona storage facility · 10MW facility, 1 event, no injuries |
Fluence Energy SEC filin |
| S2 | 01/2022 | Astroscale |
malfunction |
— | Astroscale pauses debris-removal demo following anomaly |
SpaceNews |
| S2 | | Unitree |
malfunction |
— | Unitree H1 humanoid flails violently and nearly injures two engineers during test · 1 unit |
Interesting Engineering |
| S2 | | Medtronic Hugo |
malfunction |
— | Field safety notice for Hugo surgeon console power supply failure · 25 complaints, subset of Hugo consoles… |
MassDevice |
| S2 | | Fluence |
malfunction |
— | Overheating event at 300MW Fluence-supplied storage facility · 300MW facility, 1 event, no injuries |
Fluence Energy SEC filin |
| S2 | | Figure AI |
malfunction |
— | Whistleblower says Figure robot gouged steel door, warns of skull-fracture risk · 1 unit (test malfunction) |
Interesting Engineering |
| S1 | 07/04
2026 | Waymo |
malfunction |
USA | Waymo drives into live fireworks display, alarming passengers |
Fox News |
| S1 | 04/2026 | Avride |
malfunction |
Austin, TX, USA | Avride autonomous vehicle strikes and kills a duck in Austin, prompting testing pause · 1 vehicle, animal fatality |
KXAN |
| S1 | 03/2026 | Keenon Robotics |
malfunction |
Restaurant | Restaurant service robot malfunctions, scatters tableware |
Fox Business |
| S1 | 02/27
2026 · 16:19 | Tier IV Inc. (Umi no Mori Park shuttle bus, Koto City government demonstration) |
malfunction |
Koto, Tokyo, Japan | Koto Ward autonomous shuttle bus accident traced to route-deviation detection failure · 1 bus |
LOGISTICS TODAY |
| S1 | 12/2025 | Tesla |
malfunction |
Miami, FL, USA | Optimus falls backward and collapses during Miami 'Autonomy Visualized' demo · 1 unit |
Electrek |
| S1 | 10/27
2025 | Waymo (Alphabet) |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Waymo robotaxi strikes and kills a cat named KitKat in San Francisco |
Golem.de |
| S1 | 10/2025 | Waymo |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Waymo robotaxi perception blind spot led to killing of cat 'Kit Kat' |
The New York Times |
| S1 | 08/13
2024 | Waymo |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Waymo Self-Driving Cars Honk at Each Other Overnight in San Francisco |
Ars Technica |
| S1 | 04/2024 | Hanson Robotics |
malfunction |
Greece | Sophia the Robot Falls in Greece · 1 unit |
GreekReporter.com |
| S1 | 02/03
2024 | Waymo |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Passengers Feel Trapped in Waymo After Sensor-Blocking Incident |
ABC7 News |
| S1 | 07/03
2017 | Boston Dynamics |
malfunction |
Lowell, MA, USA | Atlas humanoid trips and falls off stage during live demo · 1 unit |
AI Incident Database |
| S1 | | XPeng Robotics |
malfunction |
MixC Shenzhen Bay mall, Shenzhen, … | XPeng Iron humanoid robot falls during public debut in Shenzhen · 1 unit |
South China Morning Post |
| S1 | | Waymo |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Father says Waymo vehicle nearly hit toddler who fell in crosswalk |
SFist |
| S1 | | Waymo |
malfunction |
San Francisco, CA, USA | Waymo driverless cars nearly strike San Francisco school crossing guards |
NBC Bay Area |
| S1 | | Tesla |
malfunction |
USA | Tesla Cybertruck on FSD nearly turns into oncoming SUV |
Futurism |
| S1 | | Agility Robotics |
malfunction |
Atlanta, GA, USA | Digit warehouse robot collapses after 20+ hours of continuous live demo · 1 unit |
Tech Times |