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Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant

S3 · ~2023 · Starship · Tempe, AZ, USA

Record

CompanyStarship
IndustrySidewalk delivery
Type(s)injury
Date~2023 (year precision)
Time of daynot documented
LocationTempe, AZ, USA · Arizona State University parking garage
Severity (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 robot / 1 person injured
Confidencehigh
Verified flagCited source on file; not independently re-verified

Summary

A Starship autonomous delivery robot struck 73-year-old parking attendant Trudy Perez at an Arizona State University parking garage, reversing into her and allegedly causing a spinal fracture; she is suing Starship and its remote operator for negligence.

Primary source

KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / Futurism

Publisher: KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / Futurism · Retrieved: 2026-09-16

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DateSupporting source rowPublisherLink
~2023 Starship delivery robot knocks down and injures ASU parking attendant KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix / Futurism KJZZ / Fox 10 Phoenix /

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