iRobot

Robot types: Vacuum, Vacuum + mop. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 36.4/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 4 of 12 among Consumer robotics companies with incidents (257 tracked).

Analyst brief

iRobot's record spans three entries from 2020 to 2025: a 2020 Canadian recall of the Clean Base charging dock over an electrical short hazard, a 2024 lithium battery fire in Miami Gardens that injured a resident, and a December 2025 report of a Roomba Combo unit overheating and partially melting while charging. The dominant failure mode is thermal/electrical in the charging and battery subsystem, recurring across three separate years and two product lines. Severity is mixed, from malfunction (2) up to fire with injury (4).

Risk index

36.4/100RobotRisk index

27.9/100Median index across the 12 Consumer robotics companies with incident history (257 tracked, 245 with none)

4 of 12Rank in Consumer robotics (of 12 with incident history)

ElevatedRisk band

Products and robot types

Industries: Consumer robotics · Sectors: Households & Consumers

Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.

Robot type	Share of company risk	Rank within type
Vacuum	88%	3 of 7
Vacuum + mop	12%	1 of 1

Product	Robot type	Status	Incidents	Index
Roomba Combo	Vacuum + mop	shipping	1	9.6
Roomba j9+	Vacuum	shipping	2	34.2

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident type	Unique incidents	Share
malfunction	1	33%
fire	1	33%
recall	1	33%

Unique incident list

3 unique incidents on file for this company.

Sev	Date	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S2	20 Dec 2025	malfunction	—	Roomba Combo j7+ reported to overheat and partially melt while charging · 1 unit	Farzan Law
S4	30 Jan 2024	fire	Miami Gardens, FL, USA	Roomba lithium battery fire injures man in Miami Gardens house fire · 1 unit / 1 injury	Local10
S3	21 Dec 2020	recall	—	iRobot Clean Base for Roomba i7+ recalled in Canada over electrical short hazard · 11,971 units (Canada)	Health Canada / Recalls.