Three Robots Collided, Sparking Fire in a Grocer's Warehouse in UK

July 16, 2021

A startling incident occurred at an Ocado's warehouse in Erith, UK, where a collision between three robots triggered a fire. Thankfully, there were no reported injuries. This serves as a stark reminder of the importance of responsible AI governance and ensuring the safe implementation of automation in our society. For those interested in shaping the future of AI incident management and harm prevention, join us at the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM platform where we Govern, Map, Measure, and Manage such incidents to foster trustworthy AI.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.691, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.688, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.1 — similarity 0.662, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

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.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

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