Physical AI Incidents
Verified physical safety failures, mechanical malfunctions, automated driving disengagements, and regulatory investigations cataloged across embodied robotics.
Showing 121–160 of 1,272 events
- Tesla Model 3 operating on driver-assistance system crashed into Katy, TX home, killing 76-year-old Martha Avila; NHTSA and NTSB opened investigations[FATALITY]
Jun 19, 2026 · Tesla · Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) · Orlando, Florida, USA
Details - Waymo recalls 3,871 robotaxis over software glitch risking entry into closed freeway construction zones[RECALL]
Jun 18, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo recalls 3,871 robotaxis over software causing vehicles to enter closed freeway construction zones[RECALL]
Jun 18, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo recalls nearly 3,900 robotaxis over risk of entering closed freeway construction zones[RECALL]
Jun 18, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo recalls ~3900 robotaxis over risk of entering closed freeway construction zones[RECALL]
Jun 18, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo recalls nearly 3,900 robotaxis over risk of entering closed freeway construction zones[RECALL]
Jun 18, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo voluntarily recalled 3,871 robotaxis after vehicles drove into closed freeway construction zones[RECALL]
Jun 18, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo recalls 3,871 robotaxis (NHTSA 26E035) after vehicles drove into closed freeway construction zones at speed[RECALL]
Jun 17, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo recalls 3,871 5th-gen ADS vehicles over freeway construction zone detection failure[RECALL]
Jun 17, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Portland, Oregon, USA
Details - Waymo recalls 3,871 vehicles over freeway construction zone entry failures (NHTSA 26E035)[RECALL]
Jun 17, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Capital Factory founder Joshua Baer killed in plane crash near Laredo, Texas[FATALITY]
Jun 16, 2026 · Investigated by NTSB · Capital Factory
Details - Zoox robotaxi involved in minor crash on Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue, vehicle towed[COLLISION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Zoox · Zoox Robotaxi · Miami
Details - DoorDash delivery robot 'Dot' rolled into an active Chandler Arizona SWAT crime scene and refused to leave, forcing police to call a DoorDash technician to remove it[TRAFFIC DISRUPTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · DoorDash · Dot · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Details - Coco delivery robot goes rogue, uproots garden and causes property damage at LA home[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Jun 15, 2026 · Coco Robotics · Coco Bot · West Hollywood
Details - Waymo recalls 672 robotaxis after collision with telephone pole in Phoenix[RECALL]
Jun 15, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - FDA Class I recall: Zimmer Biomet ROSA Brain 3.0 robotic surgery system software anomaly[RECALL]
Jun 15, 2026 · Zimmer Biomet · ROSA · France
Details - Archer Aviation completes FAA Phase 3 certification for Midnight eVTOL[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight · California
Details - Distalmotion Dexter robot receives FDA 510(k) clearance for gynecology indications[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Distalmotion · Dexter · European Union
Details - Happy Ring earns second FDA clearance for at-home sleep testing[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Happy Health · Happy Ring · United States (multiple hotel chains)
Details - Joby Aviation completes FAA Stage 4 certification, advancing toward air taxi launch[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Movano Health secures FDA clearance for EvieMED Ring[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Movano Health · Evie Ring (and EvieMED) · United States
Details - Revolve Surgical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for surgical robot platform[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Revolve Surgical · Revolve Surgical Platform · St. Michael's Hospital (Unity Health Toronto)
Details - THINK Surgical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for TMINI 1.1[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · THINK Surgical · THINK Surgical TMINI · Fremont
Details - Waymo recalls 3,871 ADS vehicles (NHTSA 26E-035) over entering freeway construction zones[RECALL]
Jun 13, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Software May Allow Vehicle to Enter and Drive In Freeway Construction Zones[RECALL]
Jun 13, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Daxbot sidewalk robot struck by vehicle in Tyler Texas[COLLISION]
Jun 12, 2026 · Daxbot · Dax Security · United States (multiple hotel chains)
Details - Daxbot sidewalk robot destroyed by truck in Tyler, TX 24 hours after deployment[COLLISION]
Jun 11, 2026 · Daxbot · Dax Security · United States (multiple hotel chains)
Details - Waymo recalls 672 robotaxis after vehicle collided with telephone pole in Phoenix[COLLISION]
Jun 10, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Tesla Robotaxi struck by reversing SUV in Austin parking lot; Tesla filed 5-Day NHTSA report and vehicle was towed[COLLISION]
Jun 10, 2026 · Tesla · Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) · Orlando, Florida, USA
Details - CMR Surgical recalls Versius Surgical System consoles due to Secure Boot cybersecurity vulnerability[RECALL]
Jun 9, 2026 · CMR Surgical · Versius · India
Details - Unitree G1 robot kicks child during amusement park performance in China[INJURY]
Jun 8, 2026 · Unitree Robotics · Unitree Go2 · Global
Details - Saronic Corsair USV rescues downed Apache pilots in Strait of Hormuz - first US military use of USV for aircrew recovery[OTHER]
Jun 8, 2026 · Saronic Technologies · Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder) · Huntington Beach
Details - Pentagon adds Unitree Robotics to Chinese Military Companies list (1260H)[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 8, 2026 · Unitree Robotics · Unitree Go2 · Global
Details - CNN uncovers reported close calls with Waymo robotaxis - 'I had to push my son out of the way'[OTHER]
Jun 3, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - NHTSA grants first Automated Vehicle Exemption to Zoox[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 3, 2026 · Zoox · Zoox Robotaxi · Miami
Details - FAA grants aircraft-agnostic BVLOS waiver for Vantis network across 5,000 square miles[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 2, 2026 · Vantis · Vantis BVLOS Network · Germany, Europe
Details - Explosion at Hanwha Aerospace Daejeon rocket propellant plant kills five, injures two[FATALITY]
Jun 1, 2026 · Hanwha Aerospace · Arion-SMET · South Korea
Details - Unitree G1 humanoid robot roundhouse-kicked a child in the stomach during a martial arts demo at Urumqi Botanical Garden[INJURY]
Jun 1, 2026 · Unitree Robotics · Unitree Go2 · Global
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-15342)[COLLISION]
Jun 1, 2026 · Tesla · Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) · Orlando, Florida, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15296)[COLLISION]
Jun 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
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