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KRCB 2019 09

# 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 September 2019 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Window | 1–30 September 2019 |
| 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, SEC. |
| Color | Message boards, consumer forums, and Reddit — annotated context only. Never Fact without a reputable primary. |

## Executive read

### BLUF

September is a yard-class control month, not an injury month. OPEI announced 17 September that ANSI approved ANSI/OPEI 60335-2-107-2019 on 5 September — the first US standard for robotic battery-powered electrical lawnmowers, a national adoption with modifications of IEC 60335-2-107. No named pediatric case. No official recall. Pertisau remains 21 June 2018 and is not re-filed.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — Hi`è confidence]** The 5 September ANSI approval / 17 September OPEI announcement is a 2019 official control action on the robotic-mower class. File it. It is not a recall and not a count of injuries.
2. **[Assessment — Hi`è confidence]** EN 50636-2-107:2015/A2:2020 is a January 2020 publication and is not previewed as September Fact. A 2019 draft enquiry, if filed, belongs to the month of its official text.
3. **[Assessment — Hi`è confidence]** No September CPSC, Health Canada, OPSS, or Safety Gate in-class consumer-robot action was found.

### 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. ANSI/OPEI 60335-2-107-2019 — first US robotic-mower safety standard approved

*Event / publication dates: approved 5 September 2019; OPEI / PR Newswire 17 September 2019*

**Product class.** Robotic lawn mowers

**Verified record — [Fact — A1]** Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, 17 September 2019: “the first-ever standard for robotic, battery-powered, electrical lawn mowers issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).” Designation: **ANSI/OPEI 60335-2-107-2019**, “Standard for Outdoor Power Equipment — Household and similar electrical appliances — Safety — Part 2-107: Particular requirements for robotic battery powered electrical lawnmowers (national adoption with modifications of IEC 60335-2-107).” “The standard was approved on September 5, 2019 and is expected to be published this fall.” Developed through public input (consumers, manufacturers, commercial users). OPEI president Kris Kiser: standards “ensure that consumers know what they are getting when they purchase a product like a robotic mower”; “We expect to see increased competition in this product category as manufacturers will now be able to design equipment to meet the industry standard.” [OPEI / PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/opei-announces-first-ever-ansi-standard-for-robotic-lawn-mowers-300919896.html). Trade reprints: [Landscape Management](https://www.landscapemanagement.net/ansi-standard-issued-for-robotic-mowers/).

Catalog scope (later Intertek/ANSI extract, used only to name the object): robotic battery rotary mowers and peripherals, battery rated voltage **not more than 75 V d.c.** Paid standard text was not retrieved in full; clause-level numbers are not quoted here.

**No September injury or death count is stated.** No brand is named on a 2019 pediatric case. The 21 June 2018 Pertisau, Tirol, 14-month-old run-over remains background, not a September Fact.

**Threat landscape.** A design-and-test control for an unsupervised cutting means in a yard. The physical harm the class can do is pediatric laceration; this page does not document a new one. Terra (January unveil, still not a 2019 ship file) now has a US standard to be designed against.

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

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] Approval date and designation are as OPEI wrote them. [Inference — Moderate confidence] A first ANSI text exists because the US market had been running robotic mowers under IEC/EN without a national adoption. [Uncertainty] Publication day “this fall” and the exact US deviations from IEC were not opened.

**Opportunity.** The published ANSI PDF, and any 2019 official EN 50636 amendment text (A2 publishes in 2020).

**LRRK relevance.** Sense / Move / Act — cutting-means enclosure. Lab: foot-probe / child-obstacle geometry when the text is opened. Watch: ANSI/OPEI 60335-2-107-2019.

**Confidence.** High on 5 September approval and 17 September announcement. Moderate on clause content. Low on market uptake this month.

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## Forward indicators

1. ANSI publication day and any publicly quoted foot-access clause.
2. EN 50636-2-107 prA2 if a 2019 official draft is dated (do not file A2:2020 as 2019).
3. iRobot v Shark if a docket opens — not a September Fact.
4. Anki named buyer — not a September Fact.
5. First 2019 official consumer-robot recall (none found).

> **Collection integrity.** One signal. Official ID: **ANSI/OPEI 60335-2-107-2019** (approved 5 September 2019). **Killed:** Pertisau re-filed as 2019; named 2019 mower fatality; Roomba CPSC recall; EN 50636 A2:2020 as a September Fact; 2020 Dexter / Clean Base; Amazon Astro; Anki April mass brick. No September CPSC / Health Canada / OPSS / Safety Gate in-class page. Forum empty.

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