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A Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner ran over dog feces and spread the mess across every surface throughout a home in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Property damagemalfunctionconsumeriRobot
Date of incident
2016-08-15
Location
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Model
Roomba
Sources
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  1. 2016-08-15Report

    A Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner ran over dog feces and spread the mess across every surface throughout a home in Little Rock, Arkansas.

    theguardian.com
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