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Kinematic Risk Consumer Bulletin

# Kinematic Risk Consumer 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 | 31 May 2021 |
| Window | 1–31 May 2021 |
| 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). |
| Spine | CPSC, Health Canada, EU Safety Gate, UK OPSS, manufacturer recall pages, named newsrooms, dockets, SEC. |
| Color | Message boards, consumer forums, and Reddit — annotated context only. Never Fact without a reputable primary. |

## Executive read

### BLUF

May produced no new official consumer-robot recall, no new dated injury primary, and no new companion-cloud shutdown. The only honest numbered signal is the still-live Canada Clean Base dock recall. iRobot’s 3 May earnings raised 2021 revenue and named semiconductor-cost pressure; that is a commercial fact, not a harm or trust primary, and is not graduated.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Health Canada RA-74597 remains posted and un-updated. Still no CPSC twin.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** No May 2021 CPSC, OPSS, Safety Gate, or Health Canada consumer-robot action was found.
3. **[Inference — Moderate confidence]** The thin file is a collection fact, not a safety finding. Husqvarna’s AWD charging-pattern investigation is not yet public.


### 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)


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## 01. Clean Base still live — no new official action this month

*Event / publication dates: Health Canada RA-74597, 21 December 2020; still posted at cutoff*

**Product class.** Robot vacuums / mop combos (dock electrical)

**Verified record — [Fact — A1]** Same file: liquid ingested by a Roomba i7+ can short the Clean Base PCB; “does not involve the Roomba i7 vacuum itself”; no Canada incidents or injuries as of 8 December 2020; 11,971 Canada units sold July 2018–March 2020; free fused line cord or replacement dock. [Health Canada](https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/irobot-clean-base-roombar-i7-robot-vacuum-recalled-due-electrical-hazard). Last updated 21 December 2020. No May amendment. No matching CPSC page.

iRobot Q1 2021 results (3 May 2021) reported $303.3 million revenue (+58%) and raised full-year revenue guidance. The release does not mention Clean Base, Terra, or a recall. [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/irobot-reports-first-quarter-2021-financial-results-301282453.html). Not graduated.

**Threat landscape.** Unchanged. Official silence after 8 December 2020 is not a clearance.

**Forum / community notes.**
- none found.

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] The month’s official lane is empty except for a still-live 2020 Canada dock file. [Uncertainty] Unreported incidents and fused-cord uptake remain unpublished.

**Opportunity.** A dated incident update, a CPSC twin, or the first 2021 official consumer-robot recall.

**LRRK relevance.** Lab / Watch: RA-74597.

**Confidence.** High on the page and on the absence of a May official action on the indexes searched.

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## Forward indicators

1. First 2021 official consumer-robot recall (CPSC / Health Canada / OPSS / Safety Gate).
2. JetBot AI+ actual ship.
3. EN 50636-2-107 A3 national adoptions.
4. Moxie privacy or support-duration terms.
5. Any brand-named robotic-mower pediatric case.

> **Collection integrity.** Honest signal count this month: **1** (below the five-signal cap; not padded). Searched and not graduated: iRobot 3 May earnings (commercial). Killed: ANSI/OPEI 60335-2-107-2019 as a 2021 item; Tesla Bot; Pertisau 2018; walk-behind mower injuries; industrial/military UAS. No May CPSC/OPSS/Safety Gate/Health Canada consumer-robot recall found. Forum empty.


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