Kiwibot
Robot types: Sidewalk delivery robot. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 9.5/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 6 of 7 among Sidewalk delivery companies with incidents (61 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.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Sidewalk delivery · Sectors: Freight and Package Transportation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sidewalk delivery robot | 100% | 5 of 6 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwibot | Sidewalk delivery robot | shipping | 1 | 9.5 |
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
| 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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