Investigating the legal frontier where robotics meets responsibility.
We document incidents, analyze liability frameworks, and advocate for victims of humanoid and AI-related injuries. As automation expands into every sector, understanding your rights has never been more critical.
Atlanta stands at the center of America’s warehouse automation revolution. The city is the only U.S. metro in the global top 10 for logistics automation, with four of the top six warehouse automation suppliers headquartered in the region. This concentration of robotics companies—combined with major Fortune 500 logistics operations from UPS, Home Depot, and Delta—has made Atlanta ground zero for both robotics innovation and robot-related workplace injuries. With the 2024 launch of RoboGeorgia and continued expansion of Amazon’s fulfillment network, metro Atlanta’s 118,000+ warehouse workers face growing exposure to autonomous mobile robots, industrial robot arms, and AI-driven automation systems. ...
Savannah has emerged as one of America’s top three distribution hubs, powered by the nation’s third-busiest container port and explosive growth in automated logistics infrastructure. The 2024 opening of Hyundai Motor Group’s $7.6 billion Metaplant—described as North America’s most heavily automated factory—brings advanced robotics including Boston Dynamics humanoid robots to the region. Combined with the Port of Savannah’s automation systems and surrounding warehouse operations, Savannah-area workers face unprecedented exposure to robotic hazards. ...
Suwanee has become the epicenter of warehouse robotics innovation in the United States. The city hosts Geekplus’s 40,000 square foot Innovation Center—where the global leader in mobile robot solutions demonstrates its technology to customers from across North America—as well as Mujin’s U.S. operations. This concentration of robotics research, development, and demonstration makes Suwanee a unique location where workers at innovation centers, testing facilities, and nearby warehouses deploying these technologies face emerging injury risks. ...
Austin has become Texas’s technology capital and a major testing ground for autonomous vehicle technology. Waymo launched commercial robotaxi service in Austin in March 2025, making it one of only a handful of U.S. cities with fully driverless ride-hailing available to the public. The region’s booming tech sector, including robotics companies like Fox Robotics and Tailos, has also driven adoption of automation in warehouses, manufacturing, and service industries. Austin’s Robotics Landscape Autonomous Vehicle Operations Austin is at the forefront of autonomous vehicle deployment in Texas: ...
Dallas has emerged as a major hub for warehouse automation, autonomous trucking, and logistics robotics. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex hosts nearly two-thirds of Texas’s Amazon fulfillment and sortation centers, with many deploying advanced robotic systems. The region also serves as a critical corridor for autonomous truck testing, with companies like Kodiak Robotics and Aurora Innovation running driverless freight operations between Dallas and Houston. Dallas’s Robotics Landscape Warehouse and Fulfillment Automation The Dallas-Fort Worth region has become a national center for e-commerce fulfillment and warehouse automation: ...
El Paso’s position as a major U.S.-Mexico border crossing has made it a critical hub for cross-border manufacturing and logistics. The region’s maquiladora industry, automotive supply chains, and distribution operations increasingly rely on robotic systems for assembly, material handling, and freight processing. Workers face exposure to automation hazards in environments where multinational supply chains create complex liability questions. El Paso’s Robotics Landscape Border Logistics and Distribution El Paso is one of the busiest inland ports in the United States, processing billions of dollars in cross-border trade annually. The logistics infrastructure supporting this trade increasingly relies on automation: ...
Fort Worth anchors the western side of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex—one of the nation’s largest logistics and distribution corridors. The region’s concentration of fulfillment centers, distribution facilities, aerospace manufacturing, and transportation infrastructure has driven rapid adoption of robotic systems. Workers in Fort Worth face growing exposure to autonomous mobile robots, robotic arm systems, and automated material handling equipment. Fort Worth’s Robotics Landscape Logistics and Distribution Hub The DFW metroplex hosts nearly two-thirds of Texas’s Amazon fulfillment centers, with Fort Worth and surrounding Tarrant County playing a critical role in the regional supply chain. ...
Fresno sits at the center of California’s Central Valley, a critical distribution hub connecting agricultural producers, manufacturers, and consumers across the western United States. The region’s logistics infrastructure has embraced automation to address labor shortages and meet growing e-commerce demand, creating new categories of workplace injury risk for Central Valley workers. Fresno’s Automation Landscape Distribution Hub for the West Fresno’s strategic position—roughly equidistant from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento—has made it a prime location for regional distribution centers. Goods from the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland flow through Fresno facilities before reaching consumers throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, and beyond. ...
Houston sits at the center of Texas’s robotics and automation expansion. Harris County—which includes Houston and surrounding communities like Pasadena, Pearland, and Friendswood—accounts for 27.63% of all autonomous vehicle incidents in Texas, with over 1,600 autonomous vehicles involved in crashes since 2019. The region’s massive port operations, energy sector, healthcare systems, and warehouse infrastructure increasingly rely on robotic systems that create new categories of injury risk. Houston’s Robotics Landscape Port and Logistics Operations The Port of Houston is the largest port in the United States by foreign waterborne tonnage and the busiest port on the Gulf Coast. The surrounding logistics infrastructure—warehouses, distribution centers, and intermodal facilities—has deployed thousands of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), robotic arm systems, and automated storage and retrieval systems. ...
Irvine has emerged as a major technology hub in Southern California’s Orange County tech corridor. The city combines a thriving tech startup ecosystem, defense technology innovation, and growing deployment of commercial robotics—from warehouse automation to sidewalk delivery robots. With over 300 robotics jobs currently available and major companies establishing operations, Irvine workers and residents face increasing exposure to automation-related injuries. Irvine’s Robotics Industry Addverb Technologies Americas Headquarters Addverb Technologies, a major warehouse and factory robotics company, established its Americas headquarters in Irvine at 5 Park Plaza in the Jamboree Center office complex. The company’s portfolio includes: ...