UK Warehouse Fire Traced Back to Collision Involving Three Robots: A Case Study on AI Incident Database
July 16, 2021
An unprecedented incident at an Ocado warehouse in Erith, UK, saw a collision between three robots leading to a fire. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape safe and secure AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- ocado
- Alleged developer
- ocado
- Alleged harmed parties
- ocado
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/126
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.
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