Kiwibot

Products: n/a. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 9.7/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 4 of 5 among Sidewalk delivery companies with incidents (17 tracked).

Analyst brief

Kiwibot's record consists of a single entry: a December 2018 fire in a sidewalk delivery robot at UC Berkeley, attributed in the record to a defective replacement battery, severity 3. This is a press-reported single event with no recurrence recorded. The record identifies battery failure as the causal mechanism specific to this incident, not a stated pattern across units. Kiwibot's index of 9.7 ranks 4 of 5 companies in Sidewalk delivery with incident history.

Risk index

9.7/100RobotRisk index

28.2/100Median index across the 5 Sidewalk delivery companies with incident history (17 tracked, 12 with none)

4 of 5Rank in Sidewalk delivery (of 5 with incident history)

LowRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident type	Unique incidents	Share
fire	1	100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

Sev	Date	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S3	~Dec 2018	fire	Berkeley, CA, USA	Kiwi delivery robot catches fire at UC Berkeley from defective replacement battery · 1 robot; fleet of ~100 grounded pending investigation	TechCrunch

S3 ~Dec 2018 · fire · Kiwi delivery robot catches fire at UC Berkeley from defective replacement battery

Berkeley, CA, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence

Sev	Date	Supporting source row	Source
S3	~Dec 2018	Kiwi delivery robot catches fire at UC Berkeley from defective replacement battery	TechCrunch

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