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LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

# LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

**LRRK Watch / Open-Source Intelligence** — Monthly filing. Consumer systems that sense, move, and act in homes and yards.

**Issue type.** Monthly filing. LC-3 / Consumer. Not the weekday 24–48h poll.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Window | 1–31 January 2011 |
| Collection cutoff | 31 January 2011 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source intelligence // LRRK analytic product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| 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 RAPEX, UK, 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

January is a thin month. iRobot’s 3 January page announces the Roomba 700 Series and Scooba 230 for a spring 2011 irobot.com availability and a 6 January CES unveil. That is a product announce, not a live SKU and not a recall. AVA at CES is a tech demonstrator, not a consumer-home SKU. No official consumer-robot recall, named injury, or educational-kit battery action was located in the window.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** A search of CPSC, Health Canada, RAPEX weekly reports, manufacturer recall pages, and named newsrooms produced no spine-grade consumer kinematic electronics action dated January 2011.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Roomba 700 and Scooba 230 are announced, not shipping this month. Official wording: “Scooba 230 plus Essentials Kit and Roomba 700 Series will be available in spring 2011 at www.irobot.com.” No CPSC Roomba page exists to invent.
3. **[Inference — Moderate confidence]** Official silence is not a finding that 500-class Roombas, Neato XV-11 units, or Automower-class machines were off the market.

### 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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## No numbered signals

This month produced **zero** in-window spine-grade signals. The 3 January iRobot announce and the CES AVA demonstrator are product-launch filler and are not numbered. February is not previewed as Fact.

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

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## Forward indicators

1. Any CPSC / Health Canada / RAPEX robotic-mower or robot-vac action.
2. Any official IEC / EN particular-requirements publication for robotic battery mowers (prior drafts exist; no 2011 catalog date located).
3. Any educational-kit or companion battery / fire / laceration file.
4. Any official iRobot Roomba recall.
5. First dated consumer-home companion SKU or safety action (a CES demonstrator is not a home SKU).

> **Collection integrity.** Window = January 2011 only. **Excluded:** iRobot 3 January Roomba 700 / Scooba 230 announce ([media.irobot.com](https://media.irobot.com/press-releases?item=122472)) — spring 2011 availability, no harm / trust / recall / docket hook; iRobot AVA CES demonstrator (CNET / Engadget / IEEE Spectrum, 6–7 January) — no price, no ship date, not a home SKU; Windoro CES unveil (The Next Web, 10 January) — Korea/export claims, no regulator page. No CPSC, Health Canada, or RAPEX Roomba / robotic-mower / pool-robot / companion / kit numbered page dated January 2011. No Honda / Husqvarna / Robomow / Viking robotic-mower RAPEX or national alert this month. Forum empty. Thin month left thin.

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