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22 documented incidents where type is malfunction and year is 2025, across 18 companies, 2025. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic). Entity pages: malfunction · 2025.

22Unique incidents
18Companies involved
S5Highest severity
64%Verified
0%From regulators
2025Years covered

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Incident list

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S220 Dec 2025iRobot malfunction —Roomba Combo j7+ reported to overheat and partially melt while charging · 1 unit Farzan Law
S208 Dec 2025Waymo malfunction Los Angeles, CA, USAWaymo Robotaxi Transports Undetected Man Trapped in Trunk in Los Angeles · 1 vehicle Los Angeles Times
S1~Dec 2025Tesla malfunction Miami, FL, USAOptimus falls backward and collapses during Miami 'Autonomy Visualized' demo · 1 unit Electrek
S221 Nov 2025Figure AI malfunction —Whistleblower says Figure robot gouged steel door, warns of skull-fracture risk · 1 unit (test malfunction) Interesting Engineering
S3~Nov 2025HART (Honolulu) malfunction Honolulu, HI, USARecurring platform screen-door malfunctions trigger repeated Skyline station outages · systemwide, 100+ station outages over 6 months, ~27 min each Honolulu Civil Beat
S3~Nov 2025Amazon malfunction Waco, TX, USAAmazon Prime Air drone severs cable in Waco, Texas, prompting FAA probe CNBC
S227 Oct 2025Waymo malfunction San Francisco, CA, USAWaymo robotaxi perception blind spot led to killing of cat 'Kit Kat' The New York Times
S3~Oct 2025STARK Defence malfunction —Stark Defence's Virtus loitering munition fails all four strikes in military trials · 4 of 4 trial strikes failed DroneXL
S2~Sep 2025Monarch Tractor malfunction Burks Tractor dealership, ID, USAIdaho dealer sues Monarch Tractor over electric tractors that could not operate autonomously · 10 tractors TechCrunch
S323 Jun 2025U.S. Navy malfunction Ventura, CA, USANavy unmanned surface vessel malfunctions during tow test, capsizes support boat · 1 unmanned surface vessel, 1 support boat capsized DefenseScoop
S323 Jun 2025Maritime Applied Physics Corporation malfunction —Navy experiment cut short after unmanned vessel flipped a support boat DefenseScoop
S2~Jun 2025Medtronic Hugo malfunction —Field safety notice for Hugo surgeon console power supply failure · 25 complaints, subset of Hugo consoles in Europe MassDevice
S2~May 2025Unitree Robotics malfunction ChinaUnitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctions, nearly strikes engineers during testing · 1 robot, 2 engineers present Interesting Engineering
S2~May 2025Amazon malfunction Tolleson, AZ, USAAmazon delivery drone makes crash landing at Tolleson apartment complex · single MK30 delivery drone azfamily.com
S326 Apr 2025Lift Aircraft malfunction Osaka, JapanHexa eVTOL suffers mechanical failure at Osaka World Expo, demo flights halted Aviation International N
S2~Apr 2025Jiushi Intelligent Technology / ZTO Express malfunction Xianyang, Shaanxi, ChinaAutonomous delivery vehicle drags fallen scooter in Xianyang · 1 vehicle Carscoops
S5~Mar 2025Calyxo malfunction USACalyxo discloses patient death linked to aspiration system used in robotic-assisted procedure MassDevice
S207 Jan 2025Tesla malfunction USATesla 'Actually Smart Summon' Linked to ~16 Parking Lot Collisions · ~16 collisions across ~2,600,000 vehicles Washington Post
S2~Jan 2025WMATA malfunction Washington, DC, USA217 station overruns after ATO reactivation on Red Line · 217 overrun events, Red Line fleet Railway Track and Struct
S2~2025Unitree malfunction —Unitree H1 humanoid flails violently and nearly injures two engineers during test · 1 unit Interesting Engineering
S1~2025Tesla malfunction USATesla Cybertruck on FSD nearly turns into oncoming SUV Futurism
S3~2025Intuitive Surgical malfunction —2015-2025 MAUDE study finds continued adverse event rate in da Vinci procedures · 420.1 reports per 100,000 procedures; 3.1 deaths per 100,000 procedures, aggregate MAUDE data, most recent decade Journal of Robotic Surge

Companies involved

Tesla 3Waymo 2Amazon 2iRobot 1Figure AI 1HART (Honolulu) 1STARK Defence 1Monarch Tractor 1U.S. Navy 1Maritime Applied Physics Corporation 1Medtronic Hugo 1Unitree Robotics 1Lift Aircraft 1Jiushi Intelligent Technology / ZTO Express 1Calyxo 1WMATA 1Unitree 1Intuitive Surgical 1

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