Robots · September 2025Gaffe level: Feral
A Delivery Robot Collided With A Man With Cerebral Palsy. The Aftermath Is Getting Ugly
A Serve Robotics bot in West Hollywood kept swerving into a disability advocate's mobility scooter and then full-stopped as its "fail-safe state," causing him to ram it, and Serve's postmortem found the pedestrian-prediction safety system had achieved the remarkable feat of doing exactly the opposite of its job.
Source: Disability Scoop
SkyFall's StarGate Drone Evacuated Two Wounded Soldiers From the Front Line
Ukraine's 475th Separate Assault Regiment says it used the purpose-built StarGate drone to evacuate two seriously wounded soldiers in the space of a week, flying one casualty nearly 20 miles to reach him and about the same distance back. Ground vehicles could not reach the men because of water obstacles and attack-drone threats, and the covered, medical-grade stretcher module kept each casualty protected in flight. The regiment now plans a dedicated aerial medical evacuation unit, turning one-off rescues into a repeatable capability.
Source: The War Zone