People killed by robots

Every documented fatality in the Killed by Robots catalog, in chronological order. See the full count and methodology.

3 documented fatal incidents, chronological order.
Date	Title	Fatality count	Related entities
25 Jan 1979	Robert Williams, 1979: the first person on record killed by a robot	1	Ford Motor Company, Litton Industries, Litton Systems, Inc., Unit Handling Systems
4 Jul 1981	A Kawasaki robot arm crushed Kenji Urada in 1981, and the world only heard about it five months later	1	Hyogo Labour Standards Bureau, Japan Ministry of Labour, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kenji Urada, NIOSH
18 Mar 2018	Uber test SUV killed a Tempe pedestrian after never classifying her as a person	1	Arizona Department of Transportation, Bruce Landsberg, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, Uber Technologies, Volvo Cars