Ehime Children's Castle (Matsuyama, Ehime)
Robot types: Automation operator. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 17.3/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 30 of 40 among Other companies with incidents (142 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record holds a single entry: a July 2026 incident in which an autonomous cart struck an elementary-school child and ran over the child's calf at the facility, severity 2. This is a single-event, press-reported record with no prior incidents, regulatory actions, or repeat failure modes documented. The record shows an isolated autonomous-vehicle contact incident involving a pedestrian, not an established pattern.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Other
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Automation operator | 100% | 23 of 28 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| injury | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 20 Jul 2026 | injury | Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan | Autonomous cart strikes elementary school child, runs over calf, at Ehime Children's Castle · 1 cart | Yomiuri Shimbun / TBS Ne |
S2 20 Jul 2026 · injury · Autonomous cart strikes elementary school child, runs over calf, at Ehime Children's Castle
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 20 Jul 2026 | Autonomous cart strikes elementary school child, runs over calf, at Ehime Children's Castle | Yomiuri Shimbun / TBS Ne |
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