Embodied AI Incident Catalogue

Autonomous vehicle strikes two pedestrians at crosswalk on Yangling Road, Zhuzhou, Hunan; one trapped beneath vehicle, both hospitalised in intensive care; Hello suspends Zhuzhou AV operations; China regulatory backlash accelerates; EAISI-054

Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service in Wuhan experienced a reported system failure that left multiple vehicles stopped in live traffic, including on elevated roads, and stranded some passengers until police and company personnel responded. At least 100 vehicles were reportedly affected. Police said no injuries were reported.

Software recall: 19+ documented cases of passing stopped school buses with flashing lights in Austin + Atlanta; NHTSA investigation

Cumulative 65+ deaths associated with Tesla Autopilot and FSD systems across multiple crash types. Includes NHTSA SGO reports, NTSB investigations, and ongoing litigation. Systemic pattern of over-reliance on Level 2 driver assistance marketed with autonomous-sounding branding.

Cloud dispatch outage stalls 100+ L4 robotaxis mid-route in Wuhan; passengers trapped up to 2 hrs; traffic disruption across multiple intersections; Baidu suspends Wuhan service; China halts issuance of new AV permits nationally (Apr 29); EAISI-051

A Jiushi autonomous delivery vehicle reportedly operating on a delivery route in Xianyang, Shaanxi, was filmed dragging a fallen electric scooter that had allegedly been left in the road after an earlier traffic incident. Company statements said the vehicle attempted to avoid the scooter but failed to fully recognize its shape and position, causing part of it to become caught under a wheel. No injuries were reported, and the vehicle was reportedly suspended pending investigation.

During mass shooting response at Buford's bar, W. 6th St, Austin: as many as 5 Waymo robotaxis blocked emergency response corridor; officer manually relocated one vehicle; Waymo declined invitation to Austin Mobility and Public Safety Committee meeting (Apr 25); officials confirmed 5-vehicle blockage (Apr 30)

On April 20, 2026, an unoccupied Waymo robotaxi operating in San Antonio, Texas, encountered an untraversable flooded section of road during heavy rainfall. Rather than stopping or rerouting, the system slowed but continued into the floodwater; the vehicle was subsequently swept into Salado Creek and had to be recovered days later. A second flood-related incident near McCullough Avenue and Contour Drive had occurred approximately two weeks earlier. Waymo paused San Antonio operations following the April 20 incident. On April 30, 2026, Waymo filed a voluntary software recall with NHTSA covering 3,791 vehicles equipped with 5th and 6th generation ADS across all operating cities (Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, San Antonio, and Atlanta). NHTSA announced the recall publicly on May 12, 2026. Waymo identified an area of improvement regarding untraversable flooded lanes specific to higher-speed roadways and is deploying an OTA software fix with refined extreme weather operations and restricted access to flash flood-prone areas. No passengers were on board at the time of either flood incident; no injuries were reported. This is Waymo's fifth recall since February 2024.

An Avride delivery robot (Uber Eats deployment) pulled into a Jersey City street directly into the path of cyclist Conor Shannon. Shannon was struck, knocked unconscious in mid-air, and sustained a broken shoulder and head injury. The robot did not stop at the scene; it continued its delivery route. Witness Sarah Ahern physically blocked the robot with her leg to document it before it continued. Shannon subsequently filed a lawsuit against Uber and Avride. Avride declined to comment, citing active litigation, but stated their fleet operates in accordance with traffic laws and safety regulations. The incident highlights a failure-to-yield error in the robot's intersection navigation logic and a post-collision behavioral gap: the system had no mechanism to detect collision with a human and halt. The incident adds to a growing Avride safety record: the company is simultaneously under NHTSA investigation for 16 robotaxi crashes in Texas (AV-010/EAISI-057) and had a prior pedestrian contact incident in Philadelphia (DEL-004/EAISI-056). Incident date reported approximately May 2026 (News12 NJ article published May 11, 2026); exact incident date not confirmed in available sources.

Software recall: 332 vehicles; autonomous system caused lane crossings near intersections + blocking crosswalks

In an initial report, a Cruise robotaxi was said to have delayed a San Francisco ambulance transporting Sammy Davis, a critically injured 69-year-old hit by a city bus. Davis later died. Subsequent clarification revealed that Cruise was not at fault for the fatality; the actual cause was a human-operated city bus. Despite this, the incident is included as it highlights challenges in the interaction between autonomous vehicles and emergency services in urban settings.

Cruise's driverless vehicles are under federal investigation for possibly failing to exhibit due caution around crosswalks and pedestrians, with reports including one severe injury incident.

Between December 3, 2025 (Avride public launch in Dallas) and March 2026, Avride robotaxis were involved in 16 crashes across Dallas and Austin, Texas. One minor injury was recorded in December 2025 when a vehicle clipped an open pickup truck door; the victim did not require hospitalisation. Identified crash behaviours included: improper lane changes into adjacent vehicles, failure to slow or stop for slow-moving or stationary vehicles ahead, inadequate response to vehicles entering the lane, and striking stationary objects partially obstructing the lane. NHTSA characterised the vehicles as displaying excessive assertiveness and insufficient capability. All 16 crashes occurred with a safety monitor present in the driver seat; only one monitor intervention attempt was recorded. On May 8, 2026, NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation opened a formal investigation into Avride following preliminary video review of all 16 crashes. Avride stated it had implemented targeted technical and operational mitigations and that incident frequency relative to mileage had declined. Avride operates via an Uber app integration and had launched its Dallas robotaxi service December 3, 2025. Note: Avride also operates autonomous delivery robots in Philadelphia (see EAISI-056, DEL-004); this entry concerns the separate robotaxi platform.

Whistleblower lawsuit: forces >2× skull-fracture threshold, safety roadmap gutted at investor close, safety chief fired

Officials in Texas reportedly claimed that Waymo's self-driving vehicles illegally passed stopped school buses at least 19 times during the 2025 school year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reportedly sought additional information following reports that Waymo cars failed to remain stopped while buses displayed flashing red lights and extended stop arms, including incidents occurring after software updates intended to address the issue.

A Tesla Model X P100D operating on Autopilot's Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) and Autosteer system allegedly accelerated above the speed limit of a highway in Mountain View, California, and steered itself directly into a barrier, resulting in its driver’s death.

A component of Tesla Full Self Driving system was deemed by regulators to increase crash risk such as by exceeding speed limits or by traveling through intersections unlawfully or unpredictably, prompting recall for hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

NHTSA opens formal investigation after 16 robotaxi crashes in Dallas and Austin TX in four months following service launch (Dec 3 2025); one minor injury (clipped truck door, Dec 2025, no hospitalisation); crash behaviors: lane changes into adjacent vehicles, failure to stop for slow/stationary vehicles, striking road objects; NHTSA characterises system as showing "excessive assertiveness and insufficient capability"; all crashes occurred with safety monitor in seat; only one monitor intervention recorded; Avride states frequency has declined relative to mileage; EAISI-057

Robot repeatedly blocks and then collides with Mark Chaney (cerebral palsy, mobility scooter) on West Hollywood sidewalk; scooter damaged; video reaches 20M+ views; accessibility design gap widely cited; EAISI-055

Between April 11 and May 18, 2026, 13 Waymo robotaxis reportedly entered closed or active freeway construction zones in Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area after failing to recognize construction-zone closure controls. The vehicles allegedly continued into work areas at freeway speeds, creating collision risks for construction workers and other road users. Waymo reportedly restricted freeway operations and later recalled 3,871 affected automated driving systems.

NHTSA escalated its investigation of Tesla FSD to the recall-track phase covering 3.2 million vehicles. Investigation focuses on reduced-visibility crashes where FSD failed to adequately detect and respond to conditions including sun glare, fog, and dust. A pedestrian death is also under investigation. FSD v14.2 showed performance regressions with critical disengagement distance dropping from 2,000 to 1,000 miles.

A semi-autonomous delivery robot operated by Starship Technologies reportedly struck a pedestrian employed by Arizona State University on the campus sometime in September 2023, purportedly causing injuries after abruptly reversing into her. The robot is reported to have initially knocked the pedestrian down, then moved toward her again while she was still on the ground. The company reportedly offered the victim promo codes and insurance information as an apology. On September 19, 2024, 404 Media made the police report of the incident available.

Pattern of Waymo vehicles encountering difficulties around school buses and in school zones. At scale, even low-probability edge cases manifest regularly. NHTSA SGO data shows recurring interaction failures.

Cruise has settled for between $8 million and $12 million with a pedestrian dragged by one of its autonomous vehicles in October 2023. The incident, where the pedestrian was initially hit by a human-driven car and then dragged 20 feet by the Cruise vehicle, led to the suspension of Cruise's operations and increased regulatory scrutiny.

Two Waymo autonomous vehicles reportedly hit the same tow truck under unusual towing conditions due to a software misinterpretation in Phoenix, Arizona. Waymo reportedly issued a software recall and updated its fleet to prevent future such incidents.

Robotic arm knocked worker unconscious, $51M suit (see HUM-003 — same plaintiff, separate Tesla TX incident)

Two robots crash into bus shelters in Chicago on consecutive nights; one shelter damaged; pedestrians present; Coco removes robots pending investigation

Avride delivery robot pulls into street directly into path of cyclist Conor Shannon in Jersey City NJ; Shannon struck and knocked unconscious; sustains broken shoulder and head injury; robot does not stop — continues delivery route; witness Sarah Ahern physically blocked the robot to document it; lawsuit filed against Uber and Avride; Avride declines comment citing active litigation; EAISI-062

A Waymo autonomous taxi in San Francisco's Mission District reportedly ran over a well-known neighborhood cat, Kit Kat. The vehicle was reportedly pulling away from a pickup when the cat darted under it, according to Waymo. Local residents reportedly attempted to intervene, and a bartender transported the injured cat to an emergency clinic, where it later died.

In Los Angeles, a Waymo autonomous taxi reportedly picked up a new rider while a man was trapped inside its trunk after a previous passenger left it open. The vehicle's AI systems reportedly did not detect the unauthorized occupant before dispatch. The rider reportedly discovered the man during the trip, and police were called to remove him.

Waymo's autonomous vehicle fleet reportedly contributed to traffic congestion in San Francisco after a PG&E substation fire cut power to nearly one-third of the city on December 20, 2025. As traffic signals went dark, Waymo vehicles requested remote confirmation checks at scale, creating delays that added to gridlock and prompted city officials to order the fleet off the road. Waymo later paused service and announced software and emergency-response updates.

Waymo self-driving cars in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood reportedly began honking at each other late at night, disturbing residents' sleep. The autonomous vehicles, reportedly using a parking lot for ride pauses, triggered honking due to a purported glitch in their algorithms. Despite residents' complaints, the issue allegedly persisted for weeks until Waymo acknowledged the problem and began working on a fix.

A Tesla employee, Hans von Ohain, was killed in a crash while allegedly using the Full Self-Driving feature. The car failed to navigate mountain curves, leading to a fatal collision, possibly making von Ohain the first known fatality of the Full Self-Driving feature.

A sensor snag resulted in an automotive parts factory robot falling on a factory worker in India

A Tesla Model X operated on Autopilot reportedly failed to recognize the parked motorcycles, pedestrians, and van in its path in Kanagawa, Japan, and ran over a motorcyclist who previously stopped when a member of his motorcyclist group was involved in an accident.

Two delivery drones collide with construction crane in Tolleson AZ; service temporarily suspended; no injuries

Waymo robotaxi collides with Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery bot in Los Angeles; first known AV-to-AV collision in public deployment; no injuries

A 2019 Tesla Model S was reportedly traveling on Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) at high speed before crashing into a tree near The Woodlands in Spring, Texas, killing two people.

A Tesla Model Y in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode drove into the wrong lane after making a left turn despite its driver allegedly attempting to overtake its driving, resulting in a non-fatal collision with another vehicle in the wrong lane in Brea, California.

A Tesla manufacturing robot at the Giga Texas factory is reported to have malfunctioned, injuring an engineer. The robot, which was designed for handling car parts, is described as having caused a significant open wound in the engineer. This incident occurred in the context of broader safety concerns at the factory, with evidence suggesting underreporting of workplace accidents. The 2021 incident highlights the risks associated with robotic automation in industrial settings.

A Tesla Model S collided with and killed a road sweeper on a highway near Handan, China, an accident where Tesla previously said it was not able to determine whether Autopilot was operating at the time of the crash.

A Waymo driverless vehicle reportedly struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California during school drop-off hours. According to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the child allegedly sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was purportedly operating on Waymo's 5th Generation Automated Driving System without a human safety driver. Waymo reported the incident to federal regulators, who subsequently opened an investigation.

LAFD Rescue Ambulance 52 collides with Coco delivery robot crossing at marked crosswalk with green signal, Fountain & Western avenues, Hollywood CA; second ambulance dispatched to complete active patient transport; no injuries to humans; robot sustained minor damage; Coco disputes fault (robot "operating normally" per company VP); EAISI-058

Local firefighters were only able to stop a Cruise AV from driving over fire hoses that were in use in an active fire scene when they shattered its front window.

In Taiwan, a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot mode whose driver did not pay attention to the road collided with a road repair truck; a road engineer immediately placed crash warnings in front of the Tesla, but soon after got hit and was killed by a BMW when its driver failed to see the sign and crashed into the accident.

A self-driving shuttle deployed by Smart Columbus in Linden neighborhood unexpectedly stopped on the street, which caused a woman to fall onto the floor from her seat.

A Tesla vehicle running in self-driving mode outside the operating conditions supported by the software crashed and injured the driver. Subsequently, the driver filed a lawsuit against Tesla and a jury found no damages were warranted.

Autopilot was alleged by its Tesla Model 3 driver to have unexpectedly malfunctioned, veering right without warning and crashing into a road divider near Thessaloniki, Greece, which resulted in damages to its wheel and door but no injury to the driver.

Worker impaled by 10 steel bars (arm + chest) when robotic arm collapsed at Zhuzhou porcelain factory, Hunan, China; surgically removed

Strikes child near Santa Monica school during drop-off; minor injuries; NHTSA investigation opened

Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon race day: one robot face-planted ~200 ft from start and completed race with torso held by packing tape; "Lightning" (winner) crashed into barricade near finish and was helped up; at least one robot carried from course on a stretcher; multiple robots fell on course; 300+ humanoid robots on parallel course, no human injuries

A Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco reportedly failed to detect a cyclist obscured by a truck, resulting in a collision with minor injuries, at 17th and Mississippi Streets in Potrero Hill. The incident reportedly demonstrated a vulnerability in autonomous vehicles' ability to safely navigate complex urban environments.

On July 7, 2024, a Baidu Robotaxi reportedly collided with a pedestrian at a traffic intersection in Wuhan. The incident occurred as the autonomous vehicle started moving on a green light while the pedestrian was allegedly crossing against a red light. The pedestrian sustained minor injuries, and Baidu was reported to have been cooperating with local authorities for further investigation.

A Waymo robotaxi reportedly collided with a Serve Robotics delivery robot at a West Hollywood intersection on December 27th, 2024. The delivery robot reportedly moved into the vehicle turning lane as the robotaxi approached, leading to a low-speed collision.

A fleet of Cruise's autonomous vehicles became unexpectedly immobilized on a busy San Francisco street, causing significant traffic disruption. The incident was attributed to wireless connectivity issues exacerbated by a nearby festival.

Cruise’s autonomous vehicles were shown on video stopping in the middle of the road and causing blockages in San Francisco, as they were disabled allegedly due to lost connection to their company’s server.

A Cruise autonomous vehicle was involved in a crash at an intersection in San Francisco when making a left turn in front of a Toyota Prius traveling in an opposite direction, which caused occupants in both cars to sustain injuries.

A Tesla driver alleged Full Self Driving (FSD) braking unexpectedly as the cause for an eight-car pileup in San Francisco which led to minor injuries of nine people.

Autonomous vehicle strikes street-outreach worker's car in SF Mission District; hand injury

A Coco Robotics delivery robot reportedly became stranded on railroad tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by a passing train after remaining stalled for about 15 minutes. Local and secondary reports said no one was injured. Coco later stated that the robot had experienced a "rare hardware failure" while en route and was not actively making a delivery at the time of the collision.

Hackers reportedly exploited a vulnerability in Ecovacs’s Deebot X2 robot vacuums, gaining unauthorized access to camera and microphone controls. Users reported privacy invasions and offensive language broadcasted through the devices. Although Ecovacs claimed to have resolved the security flaw, researchers suggest vulnerabilities remain that could potentially leave users exposed to surveillance and harassment through their AI-enabled devices.

A Waymo driverless taxi carrying a passenger, Amina V., was stalled in San Francisco when two men blocked its path, demanding her contact information. The immobilized autonomous vehicle left the rider feeling unsafe and trapped. Waymo’s Rider Support intervened to assist the passenger.

A 2016 Tesla on Autopilot crashed into the rear of a parked 2007 Freightliner truck providing traffic control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike highway.

Cruise's autonomous taxis slowed suddenly, braked, and were hit from behind, allegedly becoming unexpected roadway obstacles and potentially putting passengers and other people at risk.

A Cruise AV ran over a fire hose that was being used in an active firefighting area.

On a highway in Taiwan, a Tesla Sedan, reportedly operating on Autopilot mode, crashed into a large overturned truck, barely missing a pedestrian.

A Tesla Model S operating on the Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) feature of Autopilot was shown on video by its driver crashing into a parked van on a European highway in heavy traffic, which damaged the front of the car.

Autonomous delivery bot (~150 lb) bumps pedestrian Li Gordon-Washington from behind at 15th & Locust, Philadelphia; minor injury (scratch); first officially reported bot pedestrian incident in Pennsylvania; regulatory reporting gap exposed (half a day of calls to identify responsible agency); EAISI-056

Delivery robot wanders onto active railroad tracks in Los Angeles; struck and destroyed by freight train; video widely circulated

Central park Beijing festival performance: robot lost balance, fell, then flailed arms and legs wildly near human performers; organizers powered it down; no injuries confirmed; video circulated on social media

A boy in Xinjiang was reportedly struck in the abdomen by a humanoid robot during a public performance at a scenic-area amusement venue. The robot was reportedly performing martial-arts-style movements near children without clear barriers, and the child's mother said he was fortunately not seriously harmed. The machine was reportedly likely a Unitree G1, but the exact cause of the kick was not established.

Robot lunges toward crowd at Tianjin Winter Gala Festival; Unitree calls it "accident" from software setting or sensor malfunction

Robot flails arms violently during factory test, nearly strikes two workers; viral video

Robot falls backward during Miami "Autonomy Visualized" event while handing out water bottles; hands shoot up before fall; teleoperation vs autonomous origin disputed; viral video

A Tesla reportedly in self-driving mode crashed into a parked patrol vehicle in Fullerton, California while the officer was responding to a fatal DUI crash. The officer narrowly escaped injury. The driver reports having been distracted by a cellphone and having relied on the Tesla’s AI. (The earlier crash involved a suspected DUI driver who killed a motorcyclist stopped at a red light.)

A Tesla on FSD Beta 11.4.1 was shown on video not yielding to a pedestrian detected by the car, reportedly violating the state law sign which was also in the video saying vehicles having to yield to pedestrian within crosswalk.

A fire truck in San Francisco responding to a fire was blocked from passing a doubled-parked garbage truck by a self-driving Cruise car on the opposing lane which stayed put and did not reverse to clear the lane.

Tesla Autopilot's computer vision system was shown in a video mistaking a horse-drawn carriage for other forms of transport such as a truck, a car, and a human following a car.

A Serve Robotics delivery robot was shown on video rolling through a crime scene blocked off by police tape.

A Waymo self-driving taxi car was reportedly shown on video stranded on a road in Arizona while carrying a passenger, suddenly driving away from the company's roadside assistance worker, and ended up being stuck farther down the road.

A Starship food delivery robot crashed into the front bumper of a vehicle waiting at a stoplight intersection in Frisco, Texas, the video of which the company reportedly refused to release.

Boston Dynamics’s autonomous robot Atlas allegedly caught its foot on a stage light, resulting in a fall off the stage at the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders conference.

Humanoid grabs/hugs female student at Xi'an Eurasia University sports event; company blames signal interference from concurrent drones

A Tesla Cybertruck operating in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode reportedly crashed into a pole in Reno, Nevada, after failing to merge out of a lane that was ending. The driver, who was required to remain in control, stated that unknown mechanical issues caused the vehicle to leave the lane.

During a nighttime Waymo ride in San Francisco, an individual reportedly blocked the sensors of an autonomous vehicle, leaving passengers Robert Moreno and his husband feeling trapped and unsure how to proceed. Waymo's support team reportedly advised the riders to stay inside the vehicle for safety. The individual reportedly left after a few minutes without further escalation.

A Starship autonomous delivery robot struggled to navigate campus terrains of UCLA, reportedly getting stuck into a planter and falling off the stairs.

An Amazon delivery van reportedly became stranded on the Broomway, a hazardous tidal track in Essex in England, after the driver allegedly followed GPS/satnav directions toward Foulness Island. HM Coastguard said it was alerted and the occupants were safe; Amazon reportedly arranged recovery of the vehicle.

FSD system suddenly disengaged during operation, sending the vehicle into a concrete barrier. User-reported incident demonstrating failure mode where autonomous system hands control back to human at worst possible moment.

A Tesla driver posted on Twitter his Tesla FSD's "glitch," misidentifying deactivated traffic lights being carried by a truck as a constant trail of traffic lights while traveling at high speed on a highway.

Apple’s autonomous cars were reported to have bumped into curbs and struggled to stay in their lanes after crossing intersections during an on-road test drives near the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters.

Dancing robot smashes plates at Haidilao hotpot, Cupertino CA; staff physically restrain; restaurant disputes "malfunction" framing

Teleoperator self-kick via mocap interface during martial arts demo, Shanghai

An automated shuttle bus operated by Beep was reportedly involved in a minor collision during a U.S. Department of Transportation demonstration ride in Washington, D.C. The vehicle, operating autonomously with a human safety driver onboard, was reportedly rear-ended by a Tesla whose driver made an illegal lane change. No injuries were reported, and officials stated the autonomous system functioned appropriately.

Two autonomous delivery robots blunder into active police response (mental health crisis) at Cherokee Plaza, Hollywood CA; remain within ~1 ft of emergency responders for approximately 3 minutes; one eventually reverses; no injuries or property damage; company issued no statement; illustrates emergency-scene recognition gap — robots cannot distinguish active emergency cordons from navigable pedestrian zones

On April 28, 2026, researchers publicly disclosed CVE-2026-25874 (CVSS 9.3 Critical), an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Hugging Face LeRobot (version ≤0.5.1). The flaw resides in the async inference PolicyServer component: pickle.loads() is used to deserialize data arriving over unauthenticated gRPC channels with no TLS. An attacker with network access can send a crafted pickle payload through SendPolicyInstructions, SendObservations, or GetActions gRPC calls to execute arbitrary code on the host. The PolicyServer sits directly in the physical robot control path—its outputs govern actuator commands on robotic joints—meaning successful exploitation could allow an attacker to issue arbitrary motor-control instructions to connected robots, posing potential physical harm to nearby personnel and equipment. The vulnerability was independently discovered by researcher 'chenpinji' in December 2025 and separately reported to Hugging Face; it was publicly disclosed April 28, 2026. The flaw remained unpatched at disclosure, with a fix planned for version 0.6.0. LeRobot's own team had previously created Safetensors specifically because pickle is unsafe for ML model serialization, yet the network-facing PolicyServer deserialized attacker-controlled input via pickle.loads() with a nosec comment suppressing the static analysis warning. LeRobot is used in academic and commercial robotics research contexts including manipulation arms, mobile platforms, and humanoid robot development.

CVE-2026-25874 (CVSS 9.3 Critical): unauthenticated RCE via pickle.loads() over unencrypted gRPC PolicyServer; attacker can inject arbitrary motor-control commands directly into physical robot actuator path; unpatched at disclosure (fix planned v0.6.0); affects all LeRobot deployments; flaw discovered Dec 2025 by 'chenpinji', disclosed Apr 28 2026; EAISI-060

Tesla's "Actually Smart Summon" feature, a remote parking system controlled via a smartphone app, reportedly failed to detect obstacles such as cars, walls, and parking signs, resulting in at least 16 collision incidents. The NHTSA is investigating safety concerns, including delayed user response times, potential overreliance on camera-only navigation, and noncompliance with crash reporting rules.

Bluetooth protocol flaw demonstrated at GEEKCon Shanghai: attacker gains root shell, full motor/actuator control; exploit requires physical proximity (~10 m)

The NHTSA has linked Tesla's Autopilot to over a dozen fatalities and hundreds of crashes, prompting a new investigation into the adequacy of Tesla's December recall of 2 million vehicles. The probe reports that Tesla’s driver-assist system led to avoidable crashes involving visible hazards, suggesting a critical safety gap between driver expectations and the system’s capabilities. The investigation will assess if Tesla’s recall remedies were sufficient to address these safety risks.

Patrol robot found at bottom of staircase after circling erratically; framed in media as "robot suicide"

A 17-year-old student in Hollister, North Carolina who exited the school bus and was walking across the street to his house was hit by a 2022 Tesla Model Y allegedly operating on Autopilot mode, suffering a fractured neck and a broken leg.

An industrial robot is reported to have crushed a man to death in South Korea when it failed to differentiate the man from the boxes of produce it was handling.

A chess robot at a tournament in Russia broke the finger of a child who reached onto the board before the robot had completed its move

A Tesla Model 3 operating on Autopilot mode slammed into the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on an interstate in Utah, throwing the rider from the bike and killing him instantly.

A Tesla driver fell asleep on an Autobahn near Bamberg, Germany after activating his vehicle's Autopilot mode, which did not respond to attempts to pull it over by the police.

An autonomous Roborace car drove itself into a wall in round one of the Season Beta 1.1 race.

In Florida, a Model 3 Tesla on Autopilot mode crashed into a tractor-trailer truck, killing the 50-year-old driver.

A Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot slammed into a parked car of patrol police officers who stopped to assist a stranded motorist on the interstate in Norwalk, Connecticut.

A Tesla on Autopilot mode failed to see a parked fire truck and crashed into its rear on an interstate in Indiana, causing the death of an Arizona woman.

A Tesla Model S operating on Autopilot mode crashed into the back of a parked fire truck on a freeway in Culver City, California in a non-fatal collision.

Amazon Echo misinterpreted a background conversation between a husband and wife as instructions for recording a message and sending it to one of the husband's employees.

A Tesla sedan on Autopilot mode collided with a parked Laguna Beach Police Department car, resulting in minor injuries for its driver in Laguna Beach, California.

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) deployed a Knightscope robot to autonomously patrol the area outside its office and ward off homeless people, which was criticized by residents as a tool of intimidation and ordered by the city of San Francisco to stop its use on a public right-of-way.

A number of robots employed by a hotel in Japan were reported by guests in a series of complaints for failing to handle tasks such as answering scheduling questions or making passport copies without human intervention.

Patient entered prolonged coma following robotic hysterectomy at Atlanta-area hospital; months in ICU; lawsuit filed alleging unintended actuation during procedure

66,651 FDA MAUDE reports across 15.9M procedures 2015–2025; recurring: instrument fragmentation into patient, electrical arcing, unintended actuation

Researcher Andreas Makris demonstrates remote hijack of all Yarbo units via shared fleet root password; near-miss physical contact with The Verge reporter Sean Hollister (200-lb robot driven toward journalist from Germany); emergency stop bypassable; 11,000+ devices exposed; owner Wi-Fi passwords, email, GPS coordinates leaked; Yarbo confirms May 8 2026