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Atlas humanoid trips and falls off stage during live demo
S1 · 03 Jul 2017 · Boston Dynamics · Lowell, MA, USA
Record
| Company | Boston Dynamics |
| Industry | Humanoid robots |
| Type(s) | malfunction |
| Date | 03 Jul 2017 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Lowell, MA, USA · Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders venue |
| Severity | (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability) |
| Scale | 1 unit |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot tripped over a light projector and fell off the stage while exiting after a demo at the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Lowell, MA; no injuries were reported.
Primary source
Publisher: AI Incident Database · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jul 2017 | Atlas humanoid trips and falls off stage during live demo | AI Incident Database | AI Incident Database |
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