The Machine Record

Search verified incidents involving commercial robots and autonomous vehicles (robotaxis, delivery robots, humanoids, industrial arms, surgical and consumer robots). Every case has at least two independent sources and is followed from first report to investigation, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Returns case summaries with permanent URLs; use get_case for the timeline and sources.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "description": "Free text matched against title, summary, location, company and robot model",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120
    },
    "category": {
      "description": "Kind of machine",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "autonomous_vehicle",
        "delivery",
        "humanoid",
        "robot_arm",
        "industrial",
        "warehouse_amr",
        "surgical",
        "consumer",
        "service",
        "agricultural",
        "other"
      ]
    },
    "company": {
      "description": "Company slug (e.g. waymo) or part of its name",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "severity": {
      "description": "Worst outcome recorded for the case",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "none",
        "property_damage",
        "minor_injury",
        "serious_injury",
        "fatality"
      ]
    },
    "stage": {
      "description": "How far the case has gone after the first report",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "report",
        "follow_up",
        "investigation",
        "regulator",
        "recall",
        "fine",
        "lawsuit",
        "settlement",
        "criminal_charge"
      ]
    },
    "year": {
      "description": "Year of the incident",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}$"
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Rows to return, default 25",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 100
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Full record of one case by its reference (TMR-0123) or URL slug: summary, machine, dated timeline of what each source established, the sources with their tier and archive copy, and any linked NHTSA Standing General Order report.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Case reference like TMR-0123, a slug, or the case URL"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Every company with at least one published case: number of cases, how many went beyond the first report, and the share. Not a safety ranking: the register counts reported incidents, not incidents per machine.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

One company's cases with harm and escalation counts, breakdown by incident type, and the category average for comparison.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Company slug, e.g. waymo, cruise, starship-technologies"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Headline numbers: cases, cases that reached a regulator, recall or court, archived sources, companies, earliest year, last update, cases by country, and totals of the NHTSA Standing General Order file.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Crash reports filed under NHTSA's Standing General Order 2021-01 by automated driving system (ADS) and Level 2 driver assistance operators, 2021 to today, one row per report at its latest version, or one row per incident when grain is 'incident' (filings by several entities about one crash collapsed at the highest severity). Rows are the operators' own filings, not verified cases, and a filing does not establish fault.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "program": {
      "description": "ADS = driverless, ADAS = Level 2 driver assistance",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "ADS",
        "ADAS"
      ]
    },
    "entity": {
      "description": "Reporting entity exactly as filed, e.g. Waymo LLC, Tesla, Zoox",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120
    },
    "severity": {
      "description": "Highest injury severity alleged, e.g. Fatality, Serious, Minor, No Injuries Reported, Unknown",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60
    },
    "state": {
      "description": "US state code",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 2
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}$"
    },
    "crash": {
      "description": "What the vehicle crashed with, e.g. Passenger Car, Pedestrian, Cyclist",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60
    },
    "q": {
      "description": "Text in narrative, city, report ID, make or model",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120
    },
    "grain": {
      "description": "Default report",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "report",
        "incident"
      ]
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991
    }
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}