Physical AI Incidents
Verified physical safety failures, mechanical malfunctions, automated driving disengagements, and regulatory investigations cataloged across embodied robotics.
Showing 1001–1040 of 1,272 events
- Intuitive recalls da Vinci 8mm Maryland Bipolar Forceps over a cautery plug insert that can dislodge[RECALL]
May 8, 2013 · Intuitive Surgical · da Vinci (and Ion) · South Korea
Details - Zimmer Biomet recalls ROSA Surgical Device 2.5.8 over observed device instability[RECALL]
Feb 5, 2013 · Zimmer Biomet · ROSA · France
Details - Iran captured a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth surveillance drone largely intact (2011)[OTHER]
Dec 4, 2011 · Lockheed Martin · SMSS (Squad Mission Support System) · Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
Details - Gulfstream G650 test aircraft crashes during takeoff at Roswell, killing all four crew members[FATALITY]
Apr 2, 2011 · Investigated by NTSB · Gulfstream Aerospace
Details - FDA Class 2 recall of Oessur Total Knee 2100 due to faulty back links[RECALL]
Feb 11, 2011 · Embla Medical hf · Rheo Knee · Germany, Europe
Details - Tata Daewoo ordered to recall 3,276 trucks in South Korea due to steering failure[RECALL]
Oct 19, 2009 · Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle · Tata Daewoo Maxen · Gunsan, South Korea
Details - FDA Class 2 recall of Össur Total Knee Junior prosthetic knee due to balancing unit failure[RECALL]
Aug 10, 2009 · Embla Medical hf · Rheo Knee · Germany, Europe
Details - FDA Class 2 recall of Hocoma Lokomat System due to software sensitivity bug[RECALL]
May 27, 2009 · Hocoma · Hocoma Lokomat · Global
Details - Wright Medical voluntarily recalled CONSERVE hip system due to metal particle shedding[RECALL]
Sep 20, 2004 · Investigated by FDA · Wright Medical Group
Details - Kenji Urada killed by industrial robot at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Akashi plant — first robot fatality in Japan (1981)[FATALITY]
Jul 4, 1981 · Kawasaki Robotics · Kawasaki RS020N · Global
Details - Kenji Urada killed by a Kawasaki robot arm after entering the work envelope, Akashi, Japan (1981)[INJURY]
Jan 1, 1981 · Kawasaki Heavy Industries · RHP Kaleido · Humanoids
Details - Avride delivery robot collides with bicyclist in Jersey City bike lane[INJURY]
Avride
Details - Avride delivery robot collided with cyclist in Jersey City bike lane, causing concussion and broken clavicle[INJURY]
Avride
Details - Borunte Robot founder Yin Rongzao sued for 7M yuan unauthorized bonuses after demanding 2M yuan/month salary[OTHER]
Borunte Robot
Details - CMA CGM San Antonio struck by missile in the Strait of Hormuz, injuring crew and damaging vessel[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
CMA CGM
Details - Coco Robotics delivery robot crashed into CTA bus shelter in Chicago Old Town[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Coco Robotics
Details - CPSC: STIHL recalls docking stations for iMOW robotic lawn mowers over circuit board fire hazard (2023)[RECALL]
STIHL
Details - FCC issues National Security Determination barring all foreign-produced advanced robotic devices from US market[REGULATORY ACTION]Details
- Robert Williams, first known person killed by a robot, struck by a parts-retrieval arm at Ford (1979)[INJURY]
Ford Motor Company
Details - 89 SkyMagic drones crashed into Sydney Harbour during Vivid Sydney light show due to radio frequency interference[MALFUNCTION]Details
- 89 drones crash into Sydney Harbour during Vivid Sydney drone light show[MALFUNCTION]Details
- U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security adds Megvii to Entity List over Xinjiang surveillance allegations[REGULATORY ACTION]
Megvii
Details - U.S. Treasury prohibits all American investment in Megvii over Xinjiang complicity allegations[REGULATORY ACTION]
Megvii
Details - Monarch Tractor lays off entire workforce and vacates Livermore HQ amid defective-tractor lawsuits[OTHER]
Monarch Tractor
Details - Italian Health Ministry issued Field Safety Notice for Motorika ReoAmbulator[REGULATORY ACTION]
Motorika
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-15808)[COLLISION]
Tesla
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-15809)[COLLISION]
Tesla
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-16255)[COLLISION]
Tesla
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-16256)[COLLISION]
Tesla
Details - ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15365)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15393)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in Los Angeles, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15396)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15397)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in Phoenix, AZ involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15398)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15401)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15403)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in Los Angeles, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15425)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in Orlando, FL involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15468)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15469)[COLLISION]Details
- ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15470)[COLLISION]Details