KUKA

Robot types: Cobot, Industrial arm. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 13.1/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 3 of 7 among Machinery OEM companies with incidents (257 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record contains two entries: a 2021 injury in which a robot arm pinned an engineer at a Tesla Gigafactory, and a 2021 CISA advisory disclosing hard-coded credentials in the KR C4 robot controller with a CVSS score of 9.8. The severity profile is mixed, with a moderate physical injury and a low-severity-rated but critical-CVSS cybersecurity vulnerability. The record combines one operational safety incident with one disclosed security vulnerability, representing two distinct failure modes rather than a single pattern.

Risk index

13.1/100RobotRisk index

12.4/100Median index across the 7 Machinery OEM companies with incident history (257 tracked, 250 with none)

3 of 7Rank in Machinery OEM (of 7 with incident history)

LowRisk band

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
Industrial arm	100%	4 of 7

Product	Robot type	Status	Incidents	Index
KR Series	Industrial arm	shipping	0	0.0
LBR iiwa	Cobot	shipping	0	0.0

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident type	Unique incidents	Share
injury	1	50%
cyber	1	50%

Unique incident list

2 unique incidents on file for this company.

Sev	Date	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S2	10 Nov 2021	injury	Austin, TX, USA	KUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas · 1 injury	Washington Times
S1	27 Jul 2021	cyber	—	CISA advisory: hard-coded credentials in KUKA KR C4 robot controller (CVSS 9.8) · KUKA KR C4 controller product line	CISA ICS-CERT