FAILSAFE investigates domestic appliance robots from the perspective of experts and end users. Utilising a case study of a dishwasher robot, the team has been exploring the barriers and opportunities to the adoption of domestic robots through the lens of potential failures. To date four workshops have been completed, two with experts and two with members of the public, in which potential failure scenarios have been identified and evaluated. Next steps will enable the team to not only understand the potential impact of these failures, but also to begin to explore recovery and mitigation strategies.