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Industrial arm

Type index 2.5/100 · 10 incidents (4 at S4+) · 7 of 127 tracked companies have incidents of this type · 9 tracked products.

Companies ranked within Industrial arm

CompanyShare of company riskRankCompany index
Tesla2%1 of 7100.0
Mitsubishi Electric (Automation)100%2 of 721.8
FANUC100%3 of 718.7
KUKA100%4 of 713.1
Nachi-Fujikoshi100%5 of 712.4
ABB100%6 of 74.3
Kawasaki Robotics100%7 of 70.0

Products

ProductCompanyRobot typeStatusIncidentsIndex
MELFA industrial robots & CNCMitsubishi Electric (Automation) Industrial armshipping221.8
Nachi MZ / SRA robotsNachi-Fujikoshi Industrial armshipping112.4
CP SeriesKawasaki Robotics Industrial armshipping10.0
IRB SeriesABB Industrial armshipping00.0
KR SeriesKUKA Industrial armshipping00.0
M-20iDFANUC Industrial armshipping00.0
Meca500Mecademic Industrial armshipping00.0
TX2 SeriesStäubli Robotics Industrial armshipping00.0
VS SeriesDenso Robotics Industrial armshipping00.0

Incidents

10 of 10 incidents
SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S127 Aug 2026Mitsubishi Electric (Automation) cyber WorldwideCISA updates Mitsubishi Electric CNC Series advisory for denial-of-service vulnerability · multiple CNC Series controller versions CISA ICS advisory ICSA-2
S127 Aug 2026Mitsubishi Electric (Automation) cyber WorldwideCISA updates Mitsubishi Electric Multiple FA Products denial-of-service advisory · multiple factory automation product versions CISA ICS advisory ICSA-2
S422 Jul 2023Tesla injury Fremont, CA, USAFormer factory worker sues Tesla after robotic arm knocks him unconscious Manufacturing Dive
S210 Nov 2021KUKA injury Austin, TX, USAKUKA robot arm pins and injures engineer at Tesla Gigafactory Texas · 1 injury Washington Times
S131 Aug 2021FANUC cyber —CISA advisory: buffer overflow / integer coercion vulnerabilities in FANUC robot controllers · FANUC robot controller product line CISA ICS-CERT
S127 Jul 2021KUKA cyber —CISA advisory: hard-coded credentials in KUKA KR C4 robot controller (CVSS 9.8) · KUKA KR C4 controller product line CISA ICS-CERT
S2~May 2017ABB cyber —Researchers demonstrate remote hack of ABB IRB140 industrial robot causing unsafe physical movement · 1 robot (research demonstration) Help Net Security
S507 Jul 2015Nachi-Fujikoshi fatality —Wanda Holbrook killed by robot at Ventra Ionia Mainstamping plant · 1 fatality Manufacturing.net
S507 Jul 2015FANUC fatality Ionia, MI, USAMaintenance technician crushed to death by robot at Ventra Ionia auto-parts plant · 1 fatality Manufacturing.net
S504 Jul 1981Kawasaki Robotics fatality Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant, Akashi, JapanKenji Urada killed by Kawasaki-built robot at Akashi plant (landmark robot fatality) · 1 fatality Wikipedia

Tracked companies shipping Industrial arm

ABBAWL AutomationAdvanced Technology and ResearchAgile RobotsAirbus Defence and SpaceAlly RoboticsAutonox RoboticsAzalea RoboticsBMWBlack-I RoboticsBorunte RobotCKF SystemsCMA RoboticsCRP AutomationCloosCogniboticsComauConcept SystemsDapster AIDelta ElectronicsDenso RoboticsDeploticDobotDürrEFORT Intelligent RobotEVSTEfort Intelligent EquipmentEmersonEndoline AutomationEngel AustriaEstun RoboticsFANUCFastbrick Robotics (FBR)Fruitcore RoboticsGSK RobotGalactivGizelis RoboticsGridbots TechnologiesGudelHAHN GroupHan's RobotHand Plus RoboticsHirata CorporationHiwin TechnologiesHoneybee RoboticsHoneywellHuazhong CNCHyulim RobotHyundai RoboticsIGM RobotersystemeInovance TechnologyJohnson ControlsKION GroupKUKAKawada RoboticsKawasaki RoboticsKinetik SpaceKinova RoboticsMABI RoboticManifoldMecademicMitsubishi Electric (Automation)Motiv Space SystemsNachi RoboticsNachi-FujikoshiNanoracksNorthrop GrummanOC RoboticsOTC DaihenOmron RoboticsOptamatePG AutomationPIAP SpacePanasonic Welding SystemsPickCommercePickommercePollen RoboticsProgressive RoboticsQJAR RobotRND AutomationRO-BER IndustrieroboterRealman RoboticsRedwire SpaceRemtec AutomationRigorousRoboticaRobotmationRokaeRokelsST RoboticsSTEP ElectricSastra RoboticsSchneider ElectricSepro GroupServo7Shibaura MachineSiasun Robot & AutomationSiemens (Digital Industries)Sierra SpaceSkilled GroupSmart RoboticsSmile RoboticsSpace Applications ServicesStandard BotsStar AutomationStaubli RoboticsStäubli RoboticsTP7 AI & RoboticsTethers UnlimitedTheker RoboticsTopstarTormachTrossen RoboticsTurin RobotUFactoryUG RoboticsVentionVertex AutomationWemo AutomationWipro PARIWittmann GroupYaskawa MotomanYokogawaZ.Greatigusrobomotion
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