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Starship Technologies Delivery Robot Reportedly Injures Arizona State University Employee

S3 · not documented · Starship Technologies · Tempe, AZ, USA

Record

CompanyStarship Technologies
IndustryOther
Type(s)injury
Datenot documented (date not documented)
Time of daynot documented
LocationTempe, AZ, USA · Arizona State University
Severity (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 robot
Confidencehigh
Verified flagYes - independently re-checked against the cited source

Summary

A Starship sidewalk delivery robot operating on ASU's campus struck and injured a university employee; a police report on the incident became public in September 2024.

Primary source

The Verge

Publisher: The Verge · Retrieved: 2026-09-16

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DateSupporting source rowPublisherLink
not documented Starship Technologies Delivery Robot Reportedly Injures Arizona State University Employee The Verge The Verge

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