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LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

# LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

**LRRK Watch / Open-Source Intelligence** — Signals across consumer systems that sense, move, and act in homes and yards.

**Issue type.** Monthly KRCB (calendar reconstruction). LC-3 / Consumer. Not the weekday 24–48h poll.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Window | 1–30 April 2016 |
| Collection cutoff | 30 April 2016 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source intelligence // LRRK analytic product // retrospective monthly filing |
| 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 | Reputable channels for injury, death, incidents, and safety recalls (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

April’s official yard file is Swedish EMC sales bans on named robotic mowers, not blades and not fire. The companion file is Jibo missing its second Indiegogo window and sliding to an October promise. No CPSC or RAPEX numbered consumer-robot page was independently opened.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Elsäkerhetsverket’s April sales bans (Gardena R50Li on 20 April; Meec and Worx Landroid in the preceding weeks) are national electromagnetic-compatibility actions. They are not a pediatric-injury recall and not a RAPEX A12 number retrieved here.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Jibo told backers on 8 April it would not start deliveries in the March/April window, then on 29 April promised October. Still no shipped consumer unit.
3. **[Inference — Moderate confidence]** EMC stop-sale is a real official control on yard robots in 2016; do not collapse it into the later lithium-fire or child-foot files.

### 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. Sweden — Elsäkerhetsverket sales bans on robotic mowers (EMC)

*Event / publication dates: weeks of April 2016 for Meec and Worx; 20 April 2016 for Gardena R50Li (SVT / Testfakta)*

**Product class.** Robotic lawn mowers

**Verified record — [Fact — A1 / B1]** Sweden’s electrical-safety authority Elsäkerhetsverket issued **försäljningsförbud** (sales bans) on robotic mowers whose control tests showed electromagnetic interference that can affect nearby electrical equipment. Named on 20 April: **Gardena R50Li** (Husqvarna AB; built in the UK). In the preceding weeks: **Meec 721-296** (Jula Sverige AB) and **Worx Landroid WG790E** (HPV Schou AB). SVT: Husqvarna said it had appealed the same day. [SVT 20 April](https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/jonkoping/forsaljningsforbud-for-husqvarnaklippare); [Testfakta 20 April](https://testfakta.se/sv/konsument/article/flera-robotgrasklippare-stoppas); [Marknadskontrollrådet](https://marknadskontroll.se/forsaljningsforbud-robotgrasklippare-avger-storningar/) (Meec / Landroid model IDs).

No injury, death, or fire count is stated on the opened pages. **No RAPEX / Safety Gate A12 number was independently opened** for these bans. This is EMC, not EN 50636 blade-access.

**Threat landscape.** A yard robot that can jam nearby electronics. The physical harm named this month is interference, not laceration. Do not write a 2016 mower fatality; none was found.

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

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] Three named models were stopped for sale in Sweden this month on EMC grounds. [Uncertainty] A secondary write-up also names a fourth tested unit (Husqvarna Automower 310); that model is **not** treated as Fact here because it is not on the opened SVT/Testfakta 20 April trio. [Inference — Moderate confidence] Appeal will keep some units in the channel pending court.

**Opportunity.** RAPEX twin, a published decision PDF with dB figures, or a blade/sensor action (those are not this file).

**LRRK relevance.** Lab (EMC of a moving yard robot). Watch: Gardena R50Li / Meec 721-296 / Landroid WG790E.

**Confidence.** High on the three named bans and the EMC basis. Low on RAPEX numbering and on any unpublished fourth model.

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## 02. Jibo misses March/April delivery, promises October

*Event / publication dates: 8 April 2016 (SlashGear / company Facebook update); 29 April 2016 (company video / SlashGear)*

**Product class.** Social / desk companions

**Verified record — [Fact — B1]** On 8 April Jibo told Indiegogo backers: “we won’t start delivering him in the March/April timeframe as previously communicated.” A further update was promised by 29 April. Full refunds remained available. [SlashGear 8 April](https://www.slashgear.com/jibo-delayed-as-companion-robot-misses-2nd-deadline-08435541/). On 29 April a company video said shipments to backers would start in **October 2016**, attributing the extra time to speaking skills. [SlashGear 29 April](https://www.slashgear.com/jibo-the-companion-robot-will-start-shipping-in-october-29438316/). Original Holiday 2015 window is background.

No units shipped this month. No injury. No CPSC page.

**Threat landscape.** A cloud-tethered social robot that has now missed two public delivery windows. Physical harm is none. The trust failure is prepaid fulfillment and an undefined support life.

**Forum / community notes.**
- none independently opened this month (company Facebook update is quoted via SlashGear).

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] March/April delivery did not start. [Inference — Moderate confidence] October is a new promise, not a ship. [Uncertainty] Beta hardware status and international fulfillment are unpublished this month.

**Opportunity.** A dated first-ship notice — or another slip.

**LRRK relevance.** Campaign (crowdfunded companion). Control Fabric (speech/cloud). Watch: October 2016 Jibo window.

**Confidence.** High on the 8 and 29 April named-newsroom records. Low on whether October holds.

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## Forward indicators

1. Swedish appeal outcome / any RAPEX clone of the EMC bans.
2. German or other EU mower market-surveillance results.
3. Jibo October promise.
4. Cozmo (not yet announced).
5. Any CPSC robotic-mower or robot-vac recall — none found through April.

> **Collection integrity.** Two signals. Official IDs: Elsäkerhetsverket sales bans (national); **no RAPEX A12 retrieved; no CPSC 2016 numbered consumer-robot page found.** **Killed:** mower fatality; invented CPSC Roomba recall; blade-injury count on the Swedish pages (not stated); Automower 310 as an April 20 Fact; hoverboards; walk-behind mowers. Forum empty.

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