diff --git a/src/isar/services/service_connections/mqtt/robot_status_publisher.py b/src/isar/services/service_connections/mqtt/robot_status_publisher.py
index 803bafc7..f6133fcf 100644
--- a/src/isar/services/service_connections/mqtt/robot_status_publisher.py
+++ b/src/isar/services/service_connections/mqtt/robot_status_publisher.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import json
+import logging
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
+from logging import Logger
 from queue import Queue
 from threading import Thread
 
 from isar.config.settings import settings
-from isar.state_machine.states_enum import States
 from isar.state_machine.state_machine import StateMachine
+from isar.state_machine.states_enum import States
+from robot_interface.models.exceptions import RobotCommunicationException
 from robot_interface.models.mission.status import RobotStatus
 from robot_interface.robot_interface import RobotInterface
 from robot_interface.telemetry.mqtt_client import MqttPublisher
@@ -74,10 +77,16 @@ def run(self) -> None:
 
 class RobotStatusMonitor:
     def __init__(self, robot: RobotInterface):
-        self.robot = robot
+        self.robot: RobotInterface = robot
         self.robot_status: RobotStatus = RobotStatus.Offline
+        self.logger: Logger = logging.getLogger("robot_status_monitor")
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         while True:
-            self.robot_status = self.robot.robot_status()
-            time.sleep(settings.ROBOT_API_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL)
+            try:
+                self.robot_status = self.robot.robot_status()
+            except RobotCommunicationException:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to get robot status due to a communication exception"
+                )
+                time.sleep(settings.ROBOT_API_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL)