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Consumer robotics

257 tracked companies; 13 companies with incident history, 20 unique documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks the industry median across companies with documented incidents, where nonzero. All industries.

27.9/100Median index across the 12 Consumer robotics companies with incident history (257 tracked, 245 with none)
12Companies with incident history
20Unique documented incidents
S5Highest severity on file

Analyst brief

The category's sole entity, Aiper, is represented by one recall of robotic pool vacuums for a burn/fire hazard. The dominant failure mode on record is a thermal/fire safety defect addressed through a consumer product recall rather than an operational or navigational failure. With only one entity and one event, the data shows full concentration in a single company and hazard type. The record is regulator-driven, arising from a formal recall action.

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Company risk ranking

Index 0-100: each documented incident is weighted by severity and by how well-sourced it is, discounted as it ages (half its weight every 3 years), then summed per company and scaled on a log curve so the highest-risk company worldwide is 100. Rank in industry: position among companies in the same industry that have at least one documented incident. Band groups the index: Critical (75+), High (45-74), Elevated (15-44), Low (under 15 with at least one incident); None documented means no public incident was found, which is not proof of safety.

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Rank in industryBandIncidents
Dreame Technology
52.3
 1 of 12 High 2
SharkNinja
50.5
 2 of 12 High 1
Yarbo
41.8
 3 of 12 Elevated 2
iRobot
36.4
 4 of 12 Elevated 3
Anker Innovations
30.1
 5 of 12 Elevated 1
Ecovacs
29.1
 6 of 12 Elevated 3
WYBOT
26.6
 7 of 12 Elevated 1
STIHL
21.8
 8 of 12 Elevated 1
Husqvarna
18.8
 9 of 12 Elevated 1
Aiper
17.3
 10 of 12 Elevated 1
Roborock
5.3
 11 of 12 Low 1
Zucchetti Centro Sistemi
1.2
 12 of 12 Low 1

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Incidents

20 of 20 incidents
SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S528 Jul 2026Dreame Technology regulatory USAFCC bars new foreign-made robot vacuums, including Dreame, from equipment authorization over national-security concerns Consumer Reports / Masha
S513 Jul 2026SharkNinja cyber —Shark robot vacuum flaw allows remote code execution via stolen certificate Tom's Hardware / Cyberne
S4~May 2026Yarbo injury —Yarbo's Promise to Fix the Robot Mower That Ran Someone Over The Verge
S2~May 2026Yarbo cyber —Security vulnerability exposed in ~6,000 Yarbo robot lawn mowers · 11,000 devices Gadget Review / Times of
S309 Apr 2026WYBOT recall —Robotic Pool Vacuum Fire Prompts CPSC Recall Jersey Shore Online
S307 Mar 2026DJI cyber —DJI Pays $30K Bug Bounty After Researcher Hacks 7,000 Robot Vacuums The Tech Buzz
S211 Feb 2026DJI cyber Multiple countriesDJI Cloud Authorization Bug Exposes Data From Nearly 7,000 Robot Vacuums · ~7,000 devices across 24 countries Popular Science
S220 Dec 2025iRobot malfunction —Roomba Combo j7+ reported to overheat and partially melt while charging · 1 unit Farzan Law
S202 Sep 2025Dreame Technology cyber —Security flaws found in Dreame (and Ecovacs) robot vacuums with cameras Korea JoongAng Daily / c
S1~May 2025Ecovacs cyber —CISA advisory: Ecovacs Deebot base stations accept unvalidated firmware updates, deterministic WiFi key · Deebot Goat G1, Deebot 900/N8/T8 and related models CISA
S2~Aug 2024Ecovacs cyber —Researchers demonstrate Bluetooth/PIN flaw letting attackers hijack Ecovacs Deebot cameras and mics · multiple Deebot models Security Affairs
S2~May 2024Ecovacs cyber —Hacked Ecovacs Deebot X2 vacuums shout racial slurs, chase pet in multiple US cities · at least 2 households across multiple cities Tom's Guide
S4~Mar 2024Anker Innovations fire Fenton, MO, USAeufy robotic vacuum catches fire/explodes at Missouri home KSDK
S430 Jan 2024iRobot fire Miami Gardens, FL, USARoomba lithium battery fire injures man in Miami Gardens house fire · 1 unit / 1 injury Local10
S324 Aug 2023Aiper recall USAAiper Elite Pro Cordless Robotic Pool Vacuum Cleaners Recalled for Burn/Fire Hazard · ~22,000 units KIRO 7 News Seattle / AB
S316 Mar 2023STIHL recall —STIHL Recalls Docking Stations Sold with iMOW Robotic Lawn Mowers Due to Fire Hazard USA Today / CPSC
S317 Feb 2022Husqvarna recall —Husqvarna recalls Automower 435X AWD and 535 AWD robotic mowers for battery fire hazard · ~1,400 units CPSC
S115 Sep 2021Roborock cyber —Roborock discloses insecure random-number generator flaw in Tuya IoT cloud connection · 5 models Roborock
S321 Dec 2020iRobot recall —iRobot Clean Base for Roomba i7+ recalled in Canada over electrical short hazard · 11,971 units (Canada) Health Canada / Recalls.
S325 Apr 2008Zucchetti Centro Sistemi recall —CPSC recall: LawnBott robotic lawn mowers (laceration hazard) · LawnBott robotic mowers CPSC

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