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Humanoid robots

229 tracked companies; 10 companies with incident history, 20 unique documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks the industry median across companies with documented incidents, where nonzero. All industries.

13.6/100Median index across the 9 Humanoid robots companies with incident history (229 tracked, 220 with none)
9Companies with incident history
20Unique documented incidents
S3Highest severity on file

Analyst brief

The humanoid category is represented here solely by XPeng Robotics, with one severity-1 malfunction entry: a public fall by its Iron humanoid robot during a Shenzhen debut in January 2026. This single low-severity row ranks XPeng 5 of 8 companies in Humanoid robots with incident history, indicating either a small comparison set or a category with generally minimal recorded severity. The event is press-reported and occurred in a public demonstration context rather than commercial deployment. As represented, the category shows one isolated, low-severity public-demonstration incident with no pattern of recurrence.

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Company risk ranking

Index 0-100: each documented incident is weighted by severity and by how well-sourced it is, discounted as it ages (half its weight every 3 years), then summed per company and scaled on a log curve so the highest-risk company worldwide is 100. Rank in industry: position among companies in the same industry that have at least one documented incident. Band groups the index: Critical (75+), High (45-74), Elevated (15-44), Low (under 15 with at least one incident); None documented means no public incident was found, which is not proof of safety.

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Rank in industryBandIncidents
Unitree
52.6
1 of 9 High 9
Wandercraft
28.5
2 of 9 Elevated 1
Unitree Robotics
28.2
3 of 9 Elevated 2
Figure AI
14.7
4 of 9 Low 1
XPeng Robotics
13.6
5 of 9 Low 1
Agility Robotics
5.8
6 of 9 Low 1
Hanson Robotics
4.4
7 of 9 Low 1
Boston Dynamics
2.3
8 of 9 Low 1
SoftBank Robotics
2.0
9 of 9 Low 1

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Incidents

20 of 20 incidents
SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S107 Sep 2026Unitree malfunction Zhejiang, ChinaUnitree humanoid unexpectedly lunges at engineer and kicks remote control from his hand during test · 1 unit Yahoo News Canada
S127 Aug 2026Unitree cyber —Two root RCE flaws (CVE-2026-76639/76640) disclosed in Unitree G1 EDU · fleet-wide (G1 EDU model) The Hacker News
S3~Jul 2026Unitree regulatory —FCC bars new Unitree robot models from US import/sale over backdoor concerns · new-model imports, nationwide Tech Times
S201 Jun 2026Unitree Robotics injury Xinjiang, ChinaHumanoid Robot Kicks Boy During Public Demonstration in Xinjiang, China · 1 robot Interesting Engineering
S201 Jun 2026Unitree injury Urumqi, Xinjiang, ChinaUnitree G1 robot kicks child in stomach during Xinjiang demo finance.biggo.com
S131 Jan 2026XPeng Robotics malfunction MixC Shenzhen Bay mall, Shenzhen, ChinaXPeng Iron humanoid robot falls during public debut in Shenzhen · 1 unit South China Morning Post
S1~Dec 2025Unitree injury —Unitree G1 accidentally kicks its own teleoperator during motion-mirroring demo · 1 unit / 1 person struck Cybernews
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
S1~Oct 2025Unitree cyber —Unauthenticated RCE flaws (CVE-2026-27509, CVE-2026-27510) found in Unitree Go2 · fleet-wide (Go2 model, firmware V1.1.7/V1.1.11) boschko.ca
S2~Sep 2025Unitree cyber —UniPwn wormable Bluetooth exploit roots Unitree Go2, B2, G1 and H1 · fleet-wide (Go2, B2, G1, H1 models) The Robot Report
S2~May 2025Unitree Robotics malfunction ChinaUnitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctions, nearly strikes engineers during testing · 1 robot, 2 engineers present Interesting Engineering
S303 Apr 2025Wandercraft recall —FDA Class II recall: Atalante X, Powered Exoskeleton. · Atalante X, Powered Exoskeleton. openFDA enforcement
S221 Mar 2025Unitree cyber —Backdoor (CVE-2025-2894) found in Unitree Go1 robot firmware · fleet-wide (Go1 model) OECD.AI Incident Monitor
S2~2025Unitree malfunction —Unitree H1 humanoid flails violently and nearly injures two engineers during test · 1 unit Interesting Engineering
S1~Apr 2024Hanson Robotics malfunction GreeceSophia the Robot Falls in Greece · 1 unit GreekReporter.com
S322 Jul 2023Tesla injury Fremont, CA, USAOptimus robot allegedly pins and injures Fremont plant worker · 1 unit / 1 worker injured CBS8
S1~Mar 2023Agility Robotics malfunction Atlanta, GA, USADigit warehouse robot collapses after 20+ hours of continuous live demo · 1 unit Tech Times
S129 May 2018SoftBank Robotics cyber —Security researchers find Pepper robot lacks basic authentication/security controls The Register
S103 Jul 2017Boston Dynamics malfunction Lowell, MA, USAAtlas humanoid trips and falls off stage during live demo · 1 unit AI Incident Database
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