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Every guide cites where its fixes come from — official manuals, manufacturer support pages, and documented owner reports. No guesswork, no AI-imagined repair steps. Robot not covered yet? The library grows weekly.
Bear Robotics
Commercial (multi-brand)
Gausium
Husqvarna Automower
Keenon Robotics
Owner's rights (multi-brand)
The FCC didn't ban your robot vacuum — but the reassurance pieces are missing the part that matters
Nothing you own stops working, and retailers can keep selling models already approved. The story nobody is running: in October 2025 the FCC built a mechanism to switch off import and marketing of already-authorized gear, used it for the first time in June 2026, and standing orders point it at every new listing — including robots.
Which states let you legally repair your robot: Texas lands September 1, but Colorado is the one that actually helps
Nine states now have digital right-to-repair laws and robots aren't excluded from any of them. But Texas only covers models first sold after 2026-09-01, six states quietly exclude robot mowers, commercial robots are shut out almost everywhere, and no state AG has ever brought a single enforcement action.
Pudu Robotics
BellaBot says "I'm lost, please push me to the starting location"
Pudu's official positioning-failure procedure for the BellaBot Pro — map checks, the boot point, and the oily-sensor problem restaurants actually have.
BellaBot maintenance schedule: the official weekly and monthly tasks
Pudu publishes exactly two maintenance intervals for the BellaBot — weekly and monthly. Here's the official table, the powered-off rules, the battery procedures, and the wear parts Pudu never gives you a schedule for.
Pudu CC1 owner maintenance: the in-box spares, charging pile lights, and brush schedule
What Pudu actually ships in the CC1 box, what each charging-pile light means, the official cleaning and replacement intervals, and the battery rules that prevent a dead robot.
Robot mowers (multi-brand)
Unitree
Humanoid maintenance 101: what Unitree G1 and R1 owners should actually do monthly
Unitree publishes no monthly schedule — it publishes a before-every-use checklist, condition-based battery rules, and a blunt warning that the G1 is neither dustproof nor waterproof. Here's the official material turned into a workable monthly routine, and where the R1 documentation simply doesn't exist.
Unitree app crashes right after a firmware update? It's the service toggles
A firmware update quietly disables OTA and STA-T services on the Go2 — the documented cause of instant app crashes on connect, and the re-enable path.
Unitree G1 firmware updates: no published procedure, and what verifiably breaks
Unitree ships firmware for a $16k humanoid with no update procedure, no changelog, and no rollback path — we checked every official source. Here's the verified version history, the updates that removed features or locked out tooling, and the safety advice that actually has a source behind it.
Unitree G1 status lights decoded: what each LED color means
The G1 has no numeric error codes — its body LED is the diagnostic. Every documented color state, plus where to find the actual alarm data.
Unitree G1 won't charge: the official battery rules
The G1 battery and charger manual's actual requirements — the four rules that cause most charging failures, and when a battery is genuinely dead.
Unitree Go2 app won't connect: AP, Wi-Fi, 4G, and Bluetooth fixes
The official connection troubleshooting tree for the Unitree Go app — by connection mode — plus the remote-control conflict that looks like a connection bug.
Unitree Go2 standing crooked or falling over: when to recalibrate (and when not to)
The official joint-calibration path for abnormal posture on the Go2 — and the manual's explicit warning against casual recalibration.
Unitree Go2 battery care and storage: the official rules that save the pack
What Unitree's battery manual actually requires — charge windows, the 30%/70% storage rule, the hidden 65% self-discharge feature, and what a replacement costs.
Unitree Go2 LiDAR stopped spinning after a bump
The official recovery sequence when the Go2's head LiDAR stops rotating after physical contact.
Don't press the Unitree Go2 reset button (seriously)
Unitree support has told an owner the Go2's rear reset button 'destroys the motherboard (sometimes)' — here's the documented case, what factory reset actually looks like, and what to do instead.
Unitree Go2 won't stand up after power-on (slow red flash)
The official power-on failure procedure for the Go2: placement rules, the LED signal that confirms it, and when it's a hardware fault.
Who fixes a Unitree in 2026? US repair options, deposits, and warranty traps
The real service landscape for G1/Go2 owners: official warranty terms, RoboStore's US in-house repair (and its deposits), third-party shops, and published component pricing.
iRobot Roomba
Roomba battery replacement: the repair-or-replace math, series by series
Which battery your Roomba actually takes, iRobot's official prices (and which ones are in stock), the 2–3 year lifespan rule, and when a $99.99 battery beats a $249.99 new robot — with the warranty fine print on third-party packs.
Roomba brush and wheel maintenance: iRobot's official schedule, series by series
iRobot publishes exact clean-and-replace intervals for brushes, filters, and the caster wheel — and they differ by series. Here's every official table, the caster-wheel procedure, what parts cost, and the one wheel iRobot gives no schedule for.
Roomba charging errors 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8: what each one means
The full charging-error family decoded — from a missed pull tab to a battery that needs replacing — with the fixes in the order worth trying.
Who fixes a Roomba in 2026? Every real option, priced
Post-bankruptcy Roomba repair mapped: what iRobot still covers under Picea ownership, the national mail-in shops, local options, and DIY — with published prices.
Roomba won't return to the dock: Error 18, placement rules, and the sensor that finds home
iRobot's official Error 18 procedure, the exact dock clearance measurements, and how to clean the contacts and docking target without damaging them — plus the prerequisite most owners never hear about.