In November 2014, Chantelle Darby awoke to an excrement-fueled nightmare. Her Roomba robot vacuum was set to run in the middle of the night, while she, her husband, and their dogs were asleep. But one ...

They finally did it, folks. It's been five, long shit-smeared years since the world was shocked to discover that iRobot's fancy robot vacuum cleaners were prone to tracking dog poop all over owners' ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KTRK) -- An Arkansas family went to bed expecting to get a restful night's sleep -- but what they got was anything but restful. In a Facebook post, Jesse Newton explains that his ...

An Arkansas man’s Facebook post about an unfortunate yet hilarious mishap with his vacuum quickly went viral earlier this month. “It’s taken me until now to wrap my head around it and find the words ...

Robot vacuums are supposed to help clean your home, not dirty it up in a catastrophic way. That’s why tales of robot vacuums running over poop and smearing it across the floor create so much ...

For most dog owners, dealing with poop is one of the biggest downsides. Scooping, bagging and disposing of it is messy, inconvenient and generally unpleasant. But shockingly, there hasn’t been a real ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Using a robot vacuum ...