Consumer robot incidents in 2025
The Machine Record lists 3 verified incidents involving consumer robots such as robot vacuums and lawn mowers dated 2025: 1 where a person was hurt, 1 of them fatal, 1 that reached a regulator, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Counted on 2026-10-03; every case links to its sources.
- Cases
- 3
- Someone hurt
- 1
- Fatal
- 1
- Escalated
- 1
- Period
- 2025-01 to 2025-04
By month
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- February 0
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- May 0
- June 0
- July 0
- August 0
- September 0
- October 0
- November 0
- December 0
By outcome
- property damage2
- fatality1
By type of event
- recall2
- injury1
Counts measure what was reported in English and cleared verification, not how many events took place. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of this is a rate. Rules are on the methodology page; the numbers are CC BY 4.0, cite this page. CSV, JSON and an API are on the data page.
Cases
The 3 cases behind the number
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2025-04-12An 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.Report
- 2025-03-07Pool cleaner robot: Poolrunner Battery Pro PerformanceRecall
- 2025-01-27A cat named Sarabi was fatally crushed by an Autoscooper 11 self-cleaning litter box in a Bronx apartment on January 27, 2025, when the device's safety mechanism failed to stop when the animal was inside.Report
Questions
What people ask about these numbers
- How many consumer robots such as robot vacuums and lawn mowers incidents were there in 2025?
- The Machine Record lists 3 verified incidents involving consumer robots such as robot vacuums and lawn mowers dated 2025: 1 where a person was hurt, 1 of them fatal, 1 that reached a regulator, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Counted on 2026-10-03; every case links to its sources.
- What counts as an incident here?
- A case enters the register only when two independent published sources or one regulator record (NHTSA, CPSC, OSHA, EU Safety Gate) describe the same event with a date and an outcome. Demonstrations that went wrong, recalls, investigations, injuries and deaths all count; marketing and speculation do not.
- Is this every incident that happened?
- No. It is every incident reported in English that cleared verification. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of these numbers is a rate, and a company with more cases is often a company with more vehicles on the road and more press coverage.
- Can I reuse these numbers?
- Yes. Case metadata is CC BY 4.0: cite The Machine Record with a link. CSV and JSON exports and an API are on the data page.
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