# LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin **LRRK Watch / Open-Source Intelligence** — Consumer systems that sense, move, and act in homes and yards. **Issue type.** Monthly filing. | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Collection cutoff | 30 June 2018 | | Platform | Quiet Systems | | Window | 1–30 June 2018 | | Data label | Open-source intelligence // LRRK analytic product // retrospective monthly filing | | Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. Retrospective reconstruction from contemporaneous public records. | | Scope | Consumer kinematic electronics only (home, yard, companion, educational). | | Classes in frame | Robot vacuums / mop combos · robotic lawn mowers · window-cleaning robots · pool-cleaning robots · robot pets / companion animals · social / desk companions · educational / programmable kits · robotic litter boxes · security / home patrol robots · consumer robotic arms · elder-care / assistive companions · kitchen / food-prep robots · toy / entertainment robots · niche outdoor / garden robots · emerging general-purpose or humanoid home robots | | Spine | CPSC, Health Canada, EU Safety Gate, UK OPSS, manufacturer recall pages, named newsrooms, dockets. | | Color | Message boards, consumer forums, and Reddit — annotated context only. Never Fact without a reputable primary. | ## Executive read ### BLUF Pertisau is the decade’s first named EU child-vs-blade incident in this reconstruction. On 21 June a 14-month-old crawled from a terrace onto a lawn in Pertisau, Tirol, and was run over by a robotic mower; transferred Schwaz → Innsbruck; brand not named; not a fatality. The same month Jibo tells BostonInno it has made a “significant reduction in force” and “will continue to sell and support” the $899 social robot. No official recall. ### Key judgments 1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** APA / police copy on 21 June is a named, in-window pediatric robotic-mower injury. It is not a regulator file and not a brand identification. 2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Contemporaneous police/APA copy does not state amputation and does not state death. Injury-type detail is Heute / Computer Bild, not the APA lead. 3. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Jibo’s June spokesperson line is dated distress plus a still-selling claim. It is not the 2019 server funeral. ### Analytic labels - **Fact** — verified reporting or primary record - **Assessment** — analytic judgment - **Inference** — reasoned but not directly observed - **Uncertainty** — unresolved information gap ### Source grades - **A1** — authoritative primary record / directly confirmed - **B1–B2** — generally reliable and corroborated - **C3** — useful but requires caution (typical for forums) --- ## 01. Pertisau, Tirol — 14-month-old crawled from a terrace; robotic mower; brand not named *Event / publication dates: 21 June 2018, about 10:30 (event); APA / police copy same day (SN 21 June 18:53); Heute same cycle; Computer Bild 25 June 2018* **Product class.** Robotic lawn mowers **Verified record — [Fact — A1 / B1]** On 21 June 2018 in Pertisau, Tirol (Bezirk Schwaz), police said a 14-month-old boy crawled from a terrace onto a lawn and was run over by a robotic mower. The child was first taken to Krankenhaus Schwaz and then transferred to the clinic in Innsbruck. Contemporaneous APA / police copy (MeinBezirk, Salzburger Nachrichten, VOL.AT) states the child was injured; it does not name a brand, does not state amputation, and does not state a fatality. Heute reported severe injuries to the left hand and the foot. Computer Bild (25 June) wrote Schnittverletzungen im Bereich der linken Hand und am Fuß. APA mechanism (SN, 21 June 2018, 18:53; Quelle: APA): “Ein 14 Monate alter Bub ist am Donnerstag in Pertisau in Tirol (Bezirk Schwaz) von einem Rasenmähroboter überrollt und dabei verletzt worden. Wie die Polizei berichtete, war das Kind in einem unbeobachteten Moment von der Terrasse auf den Rasen gekrabbelt. Der Bub wurde zunächst in das Krankenhaus Schwaz eingeliefert, wurde dann aber in die Klinik nach Innsbruck überstellt.” Mother (German, 40 per Heute) on the ground-floor terrace of a rental at about 10:30, back to the lawn; the mower was already running. [Salzburger Nachrichten](https://www.sn.at/panorama/oesterreich/einjaehriger-in-tirol-von-rasenmaehroboter-ueberrollt-art-257704); [MeinBezirk Schwaz](https://www.meinbezirk.at/schwaz/c-lokales/rasenmaehroboter-ueberrollte-kind_a2709230); [VOL.AT](https://www.vol.at/14-monate-alter-bub-in-tirol-von-rasenmaehroboter-ueberrollt/5834174); [Heute](https://www.heute.at/s/pertisau-tirol-einjahriger-bub-von-rasenmahroboter-uberrollt-schwerer-unfall-56162850); [Computer Bild, 25 June](https://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-News-Vernetztes-Wohnen-Maehroboter-Unfall-Kind-21933305.html). **No fatality. No brand. No official recall this month.** Klinikum Klagenfurt’s later “2–3 children/year, zum Teil mit Amputation” copy is 2024 and is not imported here. Honda Miimo’s 2024 sensor recall is out of window. **Threat landscape.** A crawling infant is below the obstacle profile the mower is built to treat as a lawn irregularity. The physical consequence named in 2018 press is pediatric laceration of hand and foot. Brand opacity leaves the control fabric un-auditable from open sources. **Forum / community notes.** - none independently opened. **Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] Named in-window pediatric case; brand not named; not a death. [Inference — Moderate confidence] A1:2018’s standing-child probe and April’s Warentest crawling dummy are the control context, not a finding that this machine failed A1. [Uncertainty] Brand/model; whether the mower stopped; exact clinical outcome beyond Heute / Computer Bild. **Opportunity.** A public brand-named incident file, or a prosecutor/court record that names the SKU. **LRRK relevance.** Sense / Move / Act — the sense function fails on a child-shaped obstacle. Watch and Lab: obstruction-sensor timing. Kestrel: any firmware that claims “child detection.” **Confidence.** High on date, place, age, transfer Schwaz → Innsbruck, and “brand not named.” Moderate on injury type (Heute / Computer Bild, not APA). Low on model. --- ## 02. Jibo — “significant reduction in force”; still selling, still supporting *Event / publication dates: BostonInno as quoted 11–14 June 2018; MediaPost 14 June 2018* **Product class.** Social / desk companions **Verified record — [Fact — B1]** MediaPost, 14 June 2018, quoting a Jibo spokesperson to BostonInno: “The company has implemented a significant reduction in force and other cost-cutting measures to allow ourselves additional time to secure additional funding or pursue an exit.” And: “The company will continue to sell and support Jibo’s during this time period.” BostonInno, as relayed: decision in the last week or two; remaining headcount five to ten in Boston; California office closed “months ago.” $899 social robot; >$70 million raised. [MediaPost, 14 June](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/320765/social-robot-maker-jibo-adds-to-layoffs.html). Boston Business Journal later points at its 11 June “significant” layoff piece. The Robot Report independently confirmed the majority-workforce cut and the “funding or exit” sentence. **This is not a server funeral.** March 2019 Jibo shutdown copy is out of window and is not filed as Fact. No June injury. **Threat landscape.** A cloud-tethered social robot whose maker is cutting to hunt an exit while still taking money. Physical harm is none. The trust failure is support duration on a body that does not work without the company. **Forum / community notes.** - none found. **Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] Dated distress plus a still-selling claim. [Inference — Moderate confidence] “Continue to sell and support” is the sentence a later brick will be measured against. [Uncertainty] Exact residual headcount and whether new units were still in the cart in June. **Opportunity.** A dated stop-sell, an asset sale, or a server-kill notice. None of those is this month. **LRRK relevance.** Control Fabric and Campaign (cloud as the robot). Passport: support duration. Watch: Jibo Inc. **Confidence.** High on the spokesperson quote as printed by MediaPost. Moderate on residual headcount (former-employee to BostonInno). Low on unit inventory. --- ## Forward indicators 1. Brand named on the Pertisau child — none through this cutoff. 2. Jibo stop-sell, asset sale, or server-kill (2019 funeral is not to be imported early). 3. Kuri / other companion wind-down. 4. Any 2018 official consumer-robot recall. 5. Prosecutor or hospital follow that states amputation — not alleged here. > **Collection integrity.** Two signals. Pertisau wording is APA/police plus Heute / Computer Bild only. **Killed:** named robotic-mower fatality (none found); invented mower brand; 2024 Klagenfurt / Schalamon “2–3/year, zum Teil mit Amputation” quotes; Honda Miimo 2024; Jibo March 2019 funeral; CPSC 20-115. No June official recall. Forum empty. *LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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