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Robot in Chinese Shopping Mall Fell off the Escalator, Knocking down Passengers
- Occurred
- Dec 25, 2020
- Published
- Dec 27, 2020
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A shopping guide robot deployed by the Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall was shown on video allegedly walking to the escalator by itself, falling down, and knocking over passengers, which prompted its suspension.
Developers
- Unknown
Deployers
- Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall
Harmed parties
- Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall goers
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Physical robot malfunction caused injury to passengers, fitting robotics category with medium severity due to limited harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8