Starship Delivery Robot Ran into Problems Traversing Campus Terrains

April 3, 2022

An autonomous delivery robot from Starship encountered difficulties navigating the uneven terrains of UCLA, allegedly getting trapped in a planter and tumbling down stairs. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance and safe navigation algorithms for trustworthy AI systems. For those interested in shaping the future of AI and ensuring its safety, join us at HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM to Govern, Map, Measure or Manage such issues.

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Alleged deployer: starship-technologies
Alleged developer: starship-technologies
Alleged harmed parties: starship-technologies

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/519

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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