Overview
- A Starship delivery robot reportedly ran a red light and entered an intersection, colliding with a city bus after the driver braked sharply to avoid a worse impact.
- The sudden braking caused standing passengers to fall and left up to nine people injured, the Tallinn transport operator TLT said.
- Video released by TLT shows the robot being thrown across the street by the impact and then driving away from the scene, an action TLT described as the robot fleeing.
- Starship said it contacted police and launched an internal probe to review camera and telemetry data, and it defended the broader safety record of its fleet while calling the incident rare.
- Tallinn’s case highlights a recurring safety issue at intersections where autonomous sidewalk robots, which operate on cameras and sensors and carry small loads, interact with motor vehicles and traffic signals.