The MachineRecord
In the register

Canada

The register holds 2 verified incidents placed in Canada. 1 of them record someone hurt.

Reading the numbers

The record runs from July 2023 to April 2025, with cases in 2 different years and 2023 the busiest at 1 case. The newest case is dated 2025-04-12: An Aiper Seagull Pro ZT6001 robotic pool vacuum cleaner caught fire while charging in Canada, prompting a Health Canada recall of 2,606 units sold between July 2023 and April 2024.

Aiper accounts for 1 of the 2 cases (50%); 1 case names no company. By kind of machine, agricultural robots make up 50% of the set, ahead of consumer robots (1). Most cases are placed in Canada (2).

In 50% of the cases no one was hurt. 1 case (50%) record a person hurt. The most common type of event is injury (1). 1 case (50%) went beyond the first report to an investigation, a regulator, a recall, a fine or a court.

By kind of machine

  • Consumer1
  • Agricultural1

By outcome

  • No harm1
  • Serious injury1
Cases

The incidents themselves

Each case passed the same gates: independent sources, a date, a named machine. Open a case for its sources and timeline.

A case is placed in a country by the location its sources give, or by the regulator that filed it. Cases whose location names no country are not on this page. All countries.