Unsafe Escalator Behavior in a Shopping Mall AI-Controlled Robot: A Case Study for Responsible AI and Safe and Secure Robotics
An incident occurred when a shopping mall robot fell off an escalator, causing injuries to passengers. This AI incident highlights the need for trustworthy AI and effective harm prevention strategies. It maps to the Govern function in Project Cerebellum's Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help ensure the safety of AI systems? JOIN US
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/134
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.