KUKA
Products: Cobot, Industrial arm. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 17.2/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 3 of 7 among Machinery OEM companies with incidents (130 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. KUKA's index of 17.2 ranks 3 of 7 companies in Machinery OEM with incident history. The record combines one operational safety incident with one disclosed security vulnerability, representing two distinct failure modes rather than a single pattern.
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Unique incident list
2 unique incidents on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| S2 | not documented | 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)
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 27 Jul 2021 | CISA advisory: hard-coded credentials in KUKA KR C4 robot controller (CVSS 9.8) | CISA ICS-CERT |
S2 not documented · injury · KUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | not documented | KUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas | Washington Times |
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