Yarbo's Promise to Fix the Robot Mower That Ran Someone Over
S4 · ~May 2026 · Yarbo
Record
| Company | Yarbo |
| Industry | Consumer robotics |
| Type(s) | injury |
| Date | ~May 2026 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A hacker exploited a security flaw to remotely control a Yarbo autonomous robot lawn mower and ran it over a person, causing injury; Yarbo publicly committed to fixing the vulnerability, per The Verge.
Primary source
Publisher: The Verge · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~May 2026 | Yarbo's Promise to Fix the Robot Mower That Ran Someone Over | The Verge | The Verge |
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