Physical AI Incidents
Verified physical safety failures, mechanical malfunctions, automated driving disengagements, and regulatory investigations cataloged across embodied robotics.
Showing 201–240 of 1,272 events
- Waymo recalls 3800 robotaxis after vehicle drove into flooded roadway[RECALL]
May 12, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Shield AI V-BAT drone propeller severs Romanian Navy official's fingers during training exercise off Texas coast[INJURY]
May 12, 2026 · Shield AI · Shield AI V-BAT · San Diego, CA
Details - Waymo recalls ~3800 robotaxis over risk of entering flooded roads[RECALL]
May 12, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Waymo recalls approximately 3,800 robotaxis over risk of driving into flooded roads[RECALL]
May 12, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Jersey City cyclist injured when Avride delivery robot drove into bike lane[INJURY]
May 11, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - New Jersey cyclist sues after delivery robot hit-and-run leaves him with broken shoulder and head injury[INJURY]
May 11, 2026 · Serve Robotics · Serve Gen 3 · West Hollywood
Details - Medtronic Hugo RAS: bipolar grasper broke and dropped a resin insulator fragment into a patient (FDA MAUDE)[INJURY]
May 11, 2026 · Medtronic · Hugo RAS · Dublin, Ireland
Details - Security researcher reveals Yarbo yard robots vulnerable to remote hijacking, camera access, and emergency-stop bypass[MALFUNCTION]
May 11, 2026 · Yarbo · Yarbo Lawn Mower Pro · United States (multiple hotel chains)
Details - Auris Monarch bronchoscope: Navigation EM error at the docking station, scope removed (FDA MAUDE)[MALFUNCTION]
May 8, 2026 · Auris Health · Monarch Platform · Surgical robots
Details - NHTSA opens investigation into Avride self-driving taxi crashes in Texas[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 8, 2026 · Investigated by NHTSA · Avride
Details - NHTSA opens investigation into Avride after 16 crashes in Dallas and Austin[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 8, 2026 · Avride · Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) · Austin
Details - THINK Surgical recalls TMINI tracking arrays due to loosening causing potential misalignment[RECALL]
May 8, 2026 · THINK Surgical · THINK Surgical TMINI · Fremont
Details - NHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 robotaxi crashes in Dallas and Austin[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 6, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - Avride Uber Eats delivery robot struck by truck while crossing against a stop signal in Philadelphia, continued with dislodged wheel[COLLISION]
May 6, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - Waymo recalls 3,791 5th/6th-gen ADS vehicles over flooded roadway detection failure[RECALL]
May 6, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Portland, Oregon, USA
Details - Waymo recalls 3,791 ADS-equipped vehicles over flooded roadway detection failure (NHTSA 26E026)[RECALL]
May 6, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - Unitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctioned at school sports day in Xinjiang, China, throwing kicks at student performers[MALFUNCTION]
May 5, 2026 · Unitree Robotics · Unitree Go2 · Global
Details - ADS crash report in Houston, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-15395)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Tesla · Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) · Orlando, Florida, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-15399)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Tesla · Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) · Orlando, Florida, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a TESLA Model Y (NHTSA SGO 13781-15400)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Tesla · Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS) · Orlando, Florida, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-14942)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-14976)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Miami, FL involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-14978)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Houston, TX involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-14979)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-14987)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Los Angeles, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15011)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Atlanta, GA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15012)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Redwood City, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15020)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15021)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Tempe, AZ involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15022)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Los Angeles, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15024)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Atlanta, GA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15067)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15069)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Los Angeles, CA involving a ZEEKR RT (NHTSA SGO 30270-15070)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Atlanta, GA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15073)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Menlo Park, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15075)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Phoenix, AZ involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15076)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15095)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in San Francisco, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15096)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Culver City, CA involving a JAGUAR I-PACE (NHTSA SGO 30270-15102)[COLLISION]
May 1, 2026 · Waymo · Waymo Driver (6th gen) · Sacramento, California, USA
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