Ocado Intelligent Automation
Robot types: Cube robot. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 26.8/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 5 of 10 among Warehouse automation companies with incidents (926 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record contains two fire entries: a 2019 fire that destroyed the Andover fulfilment centre following a robot battery-charger fault, rated severity 4, and a 2021 fire at the Erith facility following a three-bot collision on the storage grid, rated severity 3. Both events involve fire originating from the automated storage-and-retrieval grid system, indicating a repeated failure mode tied to the grid's battery and collision-avoidance systems rather than an isolated incident. The record is press-driven, arising from facility-fire reporting rather than a regulatory recall action.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Warehouse automation · Sectors: Warehousing and Storage
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cube robot | 100% | 1 of 2 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocado Smart Platform bots | Cube robot | shipping | 2 | 26.8 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| fire | 2 | 100% |
Unique incident list
2 unique incidents on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~Jul 2021 | fire | Erith, London, UK | Erith fulfilment centre fire after three-bot collision on the grid · 3 robots involved; <1% of grid damaged; site handles up to 150,000 orders/week | The Register |
| S4 | 05 Feb 2019 | fire | Andover, England, UK | Andover CFC destroyed by fire after robot battery-charger fault · 1 full customer fulfilment centre destroyed; facility handled ~30,000 deliveries/week | Hampshire Fire and Rescu |
S3 ~Jul 2021 · fire · Erith fulfilment centre fire after three-bot collision on the grid
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | ~Jul 2021 | Erith fulfilment centre fire after three-bot collision on the grid | The Register |
S4 05 Feb 2019 · fire · Andover CFC destroyed by fire after robot battery-charger fault
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 05 Feb 2019 | Andover CFC destroyed by fire after robot battery-charger fault | Hampshire Fire and Rescu |
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