Kinova Robotics
Robot types: Industrial arm, Cobot. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 9.5/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 5 of 7 among Machinery OEM companies with incidents (257 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record holds a single entry: an FDA Class I correction for the Jaco assistive robotic arm addressing a fire/burn hazard. Class I is the FDA's highest-severity recall classification, though the entry itself reflects a corrective action rather than a documented injury or fatality. The record is a single regulator-driven correction with no other entries.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Machinery OEM · Sectors: Manufacturing
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cobot | 100% | 1 of 1 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinova Gen3 / Link 6 | Cobot | shipping | 1 | 9.5 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| recall | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 19 Aug 2024 | recall | — | Kinova Jaco assistive robotic arm - FDA Class I correction for fire/burn hazard · All lots/serial numbers of affected Jaco arm models | FDA Medical Device Recal |
S1 19 Aug 2024 · recall · Kinova Jaco assistive robotic arm - FDA Class I correction for fire/burn hazard
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 19 Aug 2024 | Kinova Jaco assistive robotic arm - FDA Class I correction for fire/burn hazard | FDA Medical Device Recal |
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