Products: Vacuum, Vacuum + mop. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 22.1/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 97th percentile of 91 consumer robotics companies.
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). An index of 22.3 places the company at the 96.7th percentile within consumer-robotics, reflecting a multi-year pattern that combines a formal recall action with press-reported fire and malfunction events rather than a single incident.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 12/20 2025 |
malfunction | — | Roomba Combo j7+ reported to overheat and partially melt while charging · 1 unit | Farzan Law |
| S4 | 01/30 2024 |
fire | Miami Gardens, FL, USA | Roomba lithium battery fire injures man in Miami Gardens house fire · 1 unit / 1 injury | Local10 |
| S3 | 12/21 2020 |
recall | — | iRobot Clean Base for Roomba i7+ recalled in Canada over electrical short hazard · 11,971 units (Canada) | Health Canada / Recalls. |