Consumer robots incidents
Incidents and injury-linked recalls involving robots sold to households: robotic lawn mowers, robot vacuums, pool robots and home robots.
- 4
- Incidents recorded
- 0
- Deaths
- 2
- Reported injuries
- 2008–26
- Years covered
4 records
Most recent first- Property damage
Wybot robotic pool vacuums recalled after ten overheating and fire reports
Wybotics recalled about 5,000 Wybot robotic pool vacuums on April 9, 2026 after ten reports of the units overheating or catching fire, nine of which caused property damage.
- Disruption
Hijacked Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums shout slurs in US homes
Intruders took remote control of Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums in Minnesota, Los Angeles and El Paso in May 2024, driving them around homes and yelling slurs through the speakers.
- Minor injury
Aiper Elite Pro robotic pool cleaners recalled after 17 overheating reports
About 22,000 Aiper Elite Pro cordless robotic pool cleaners were recalled on August 24, 2023 after 17 reports of overheating while charging, including one minor fingertip burn.
- Minor injury
LawnBott robotic mowers recalled after owner cut by still-spinning blade
CPSC and Kyodo America recalled about 530 LawnBott robotic lawn mowers on April 25, 2008 after a consumer who lifted a running mower suffered minor cuts from the moving blade.