2021 incidents

19 documented incidents where year is 2021, across 17 companies, 2021. Every row cites its source; severity runs S1 (near miss) to S5 (fatal or catastrophic).

19Unique incidents

17Companies involved

S5Highest severity

47%Verified

26%From regulators

2021Years covered

Incident list

Sev	Date	Company	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S5	~Dec 2021	Nordco (Wabtec)	fatality	Norfolk Southern rail line near Reed, PA, USA	Roadway worker killed by Nordco spike machine with non-functional alarm · 1 fatality, 1 machine	NTSB
S3	19 Nov 2021	Pony.AI	regulatory	—	California DMV suspends Pony.ai driverless testing permit · California driverless testing permit suspended	Reuters
S2	10 Nov 2021	KUKA	injury	Austin, TX, USA	KUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas · 1 injury	Washington Times
S2	28 Oct 2021	Pony.AI	crash	Fremont, CA, USA	Pony.ai robotaxi hits road center divider and traffic sign in Fremont · 1 vehicle	Reuters
S1	15 Sep 2021	Roborock	cyber	—	Roborock discloses insecure random-number generator flaw in Tuya IoT cloud connection · 5 models	Roborock
S2	04 Sep 2021	Fluence	malfunction	—	Overheating event at 300MW Fluence-supplied storage facility · 300MW facility, 1 event, no injuries	Fluence Energy SEC filin
S4	~Sep 2021	Intuitive Surgical	malfunction	FL, USA	Lawsuit: da Vinci surgical robot burned woman's small intestine	NBC News
S1	31 Aug 2021	FANUC	cyber	—	CISA advisory: buffer overflow / integer coercion vulnerabilities in FANUC robot controllers · FANUC robot controller product line	CISA ICS-CERT
S1	27 Jul 2021	KUKA	cyber	—	CISA advisory: hard-coded credentials in KUKA KR C4 robot controller (CVSS 9.8) · KUKA KR C4 controller product line	CISA ICS-CERT
S3	26 Jul 2021	MTA / NYCT	outage	NYC, USA	Queens Boulevard Line signal system outage · Queens Blvd Line segment (4 routes), ~4 hours, 89 trains delayed	amNewYork
S3	13 Jul 2021	Momentus	regulatory	—	Stable Road and Momentus reach SEC settlement over false claims	SpaceNews
S3	09 Jul 2021	Procept BioRobotics	recall	—	FDA Class II recall: AQUABEAM Handpiece, REF: HP2000, a sterile single-use component of the · AQUABEAM Handpiece, REF: HP2000, a sterile single-use compon	openFDA enforcement
S3	~Jul 2021	Ocado Intelligent Automation	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
S3	25 May 2021	LG Energy Solution	recall	—	LG Energy Solution recalls home/ESS batteries after thermal events, one injury · US residential ESS recall, ~$350M cost	EnergyTrend
S3	08 May 2021	Hitachi Rail	recall	—	Class 800/385 fleet withdrawn UK-wide after underframe cracks found · fleet-wide (dozens of trainsets), multi-day national disruption	BBC News
S1	20 Apr 2021	BlackBerry QNX	cyber	—	BadAlloc Vulnerability Impacts Critical Infrastructure Using BlackBerry QNX	BleepingComputer
S4	08 Mar 2021	STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik)	regulatory	Libya	UN report: STM Kargu-2 loitering munition may have autonomously engaged targets in Libya	NPR / New York Times
S3	26 Feb 2021	Accuray	recall	—	FDA Class II recall: CyberKnife Treatment Delivery System - Product Usage: indicated for im · CyberKnife Treatment Delivery System - Product Usage: indica	openFDA enforcement
S3	22 Feb 2021	Blue Solutions	recall	Germany	Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Buses With Solid-State Batteries Recalled · multiple eCitaro buses	InsideEVs

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