Self-cleaning litter boxes

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

   Placed by: Whisker said 1 million Litter-Robots had been sold since the company began (2023).

2. 4

   Paying customers

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. We found no CPSC recall or pet-injury report for self-cleaning litter boxes in the sources we could open; a full CPSC search could not be run (the CPSC search page blocks automated access). Whisker says the Litter-Robot 5 uses lasers and weight sensors to detect a cat. Other makers were not covered by any source we opened.