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Sev	Date	Company	Type	Incident
S1	07 Sep 2026	Unitree	malfunction	Unitree humanoid unexpectedly lunges at engineer and kicks remote control from his hand during test
S2	04 Sep 2026	Zipline	malfunction	Zipline Platform 2 delivery drone suffers in-flight malfunction, parachutes onto Highway 6 near Houston
S3	03 Sep 2026	Tesla	regulatory	NHTSA opens Audit Query AQ26002 into Tesla Cybercab certification
S1	~Sep 2026	Coco Robotics	disruption	A dozen Coco delivery robots swarm and block Lincoln Park sidewalk
S1	27 Aug 2026	Unitree	cyber	Two root RCE flaws (CVE-2026-76639/76640) disclosed in Unitree G1 EDU
S1	27 Aug 2026	OTTO Motors	cyber	CISA publishes Rockwell Automation OTTO Fleet Manager vulnerability advisory
S1	27 Aug 2026	Mitsubishi Electric (Automation)	cyber	CISA updates Mitsubishi Electric CNC Series advisory for denial-of-service vulnerability
S1	27 Aug 2026	Mitsubishi Electric (Automation)	cyber	CISA updates Mitsubishi Electric Multiple FA Products denial-of-service advisory
S3	25 Aug 2026	EHang	regulatory	EHang Withdraws Outlook After Industry Air Incident Spurs Regulatory Caution
S2	23 Aug 2026	Waymo	crash	Waymo robotaxi collides with minivan at California Costco
S4	19 Aug 2026	Katalyst Space Technologies	mission-loss	NASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure
S4	13 Aug 2026	General Atomics Aeronautical Systems	mission-loss	US lost roughly 25% of MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during Iran war
S1	04 Aug 2026	Thermo Fisher Scientific	cyber	CISA publishes Thermo Fisher Applied Biosystems genetic analyzer advisory
S4	04 Aug 2026	Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	crash	XQ-58 Valkyrie crashes at Dugway Proving Ground, flights paused
S4	03 Aug 2026	Tekever	mission-loss	Tekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces
S3	03 Aug 2026	DJI	regulatory	FCC public notice would retroactively revoke sales authorization for DJI Air 3S, Mini 5 Pro, Avata 360 over LiDAR classification
S5	~Aug 2026	Waymo	fatality	Pedestrian killed by SUV thrown into stationary Waymo in Dallas
S2	~Aug 2026	Waymo	crash	Unoccupied Waymo struck in three-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Denver; police assign no fault to Waymo
S3	~Aug 2026	Tesla	crash	Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y) crashes through bollards in Austin, no driver present
S2	29 Jul 2026	Amazon	crash	Amazon Prime Air delivery drone crashes into garden in Darlington
S5	28 Jul 2026	Dreame Technology	regulatory	FCC bars new foreign-made robot vacuums, including Dreame, from equipment authorization over national-security concerns
S4	27 Jul 2026	Waymo	injury	Woman critically injured in two-car crash involving Waymo vehicle in Los Angeles
S4	26 Jul 2026	Baykar	crash	Bayraktar Akıncı shot down over Yemen (first confirmed combat loss)
S2	20 Jul 2026	Ehime Children's Castle (Matsuyama, Ehime)	injury	Autonomous cart strikes elementary school child, runs over calf, at Ehime Children's Castle
S3	17 Jul 2026	Zoox	recall	Zoox issues software recall after robotaxi drove into heavy smoke
S3	17 Jul 2026	Zoox	recall	Zoox recalls 105 robotaxis over heavy-smoke detection failure
S5	13 Jul 2026	SharkNinja	cyber	Shark robot vacuum flaw allows remote code execution via stolen certificate
S1	04 Jul 2026	Waymo	malfunction	Waymo drives into live fireworks display, alarming passengers
S3	~Jul 2026	Waymo	fire	Waymo robotaxi catches fire after rear-end crash in Atlanta
S3	~Jul 2026	Unitree	regulatory	FCC bars new Unitree robot models from US import/sale over backdoor concerns
S2	~Jul 2026	Tesla	malfunction	Tesla robotaxi drives wrong-way in Tampa
S4	~Jul 2026	Katalyst Space Technologies	malfunction	Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost
S3	~Jul 2026	Indian Navy	malfunction	Indian Navy Drishti-10 surveillance drone crashes near Porbandar
S3	20 Jun 2026	Zoox	recall	Zoox Autonomous Vehicle Enters Smoke-Obscured Fire Scene, Prompting Recall
S5	20 Jun 2026	Tesla	fatality	Tesla crashes into Texas home, killing woman inside; Autopilot engagement disputed
S2	19 Jun 2026	Manna	disruption	Manna pauses all drone deliveries in Ireland due to planning uncertainty
S3	18 Jun 2026	Waymo	recall	Waymo recalls 3,871 robotaxis over freeway construction-zone software defect
S3	16 Jun 2026	WASP	recall	FDA Class II recall: Brand Name: WASPLab
S3	09 Jun 2026	Siemens Mobility	malfunction	Barcelona Rodalies control-center software failures halt all commuter rail lines
S2	09 Jun 2026	CMR Surgical	recall	Class II recall of Versius surgeon console over disabled Secure Boot cybersecurity control
S3	~Jun 2026	Waymo	recall	Waymo recalls ~4,000 robotaxis after vehicles entered closed freeway construction zones
S2	~Jun 2026	Royal Navy	malfunction	Royal Navy autonomous drone boat malfunctions, collides with yacht in Portsmouth Harbour
S2	~Jun 2026	Qualcomm-powered humanoid robot (unspecified integrator)	malfunction	Humanoid robot running Qualcomm hardware collapses on stage during keynote demo
S2	25 May 2026	Karsan	crash	Karsan autonomous bus collides with tram in Gothenburg on debut day
S3	19 May 2026	Manna	regulatory	Fingal County Council refuses Manna drone-hub retention permission over noise, forcing Dublin 15 shutdown
S3	11 May 2026	Waymo	crash	Waymo autonomous vehicle involved in rollover crash in Koreatown
S5	08 May 2026	Unattributed (South Korea)	fatality	Worker killed after being struck by descending robot believed stopped, Haman auto parts factory
S4	04 May 2026	Skydweller Aero	crash	Skydweller UAS crash attributed to turbulent weather
S2	~May 2026	Yarbo	cyber	Security vulnerability exposed in ~6,000 Yarbo robot lawn mowers
S4	~May 2026	Yarbo	injury	Yarbo's Promise to Fix the Robot Mower That Ran Someone Over

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