The FCC just banned most robot vacuums. It also encapsulates many of today’s WiFi-connected robot vacuums, along with robot lawn mowers and pool cleaners. Robot vacuums continuously collect information about the environments they’re cleaning, and under the expanded definition of advanced robotic devices, many of today’s connected robot vacuums could qualify. Future policy changes are always possible, but nothing in the current action suggests existing robot vacuums will lose functionality. “SERIAL NUMBER 493t5xb and SERIAL NUMBER 00049KJHYCC!