Security Robot Rolls Over Child in Mall

July 12, 2016

On July 7, 2016, an autonomous security robot (Knightscope K5) encountered an unfortunate incident at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, CA, when it rolled over a 16-month old child. Such incidents underscore the importance of trustworthy AI and the need for robust safety measures. For those interested in shaping responsible AI governance, consider joining Project Cerebellum and contributing to our HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) efforts.

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Alleged deployer: stanford-shopping-center
Alleged developer: knightscope
Alleged harmed parties: child

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/51

Data source

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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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