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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 filing. LC-3 / Consumer. Not the weekday 24–48h poll.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Window | 1–30 April 2013 |
| Collection cutoff | 30 April 2013 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source intelligence // LRRK analytic product // 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 | CPSC, Health Canada, EU RAPEX (2013 name; later Safety Gate), 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

April 2013 is a thin month. No official consumer-robot recall. The dated Mint / Braava primary this month is iRobot’s 23 April Q1 earnings page: Braava, “our iRobot-branded version of the Mint® robot,” launched to select European distributors in Q1. That is product news after the 2012 Evolution Robotics acquisition, not a safety or trust file. CPSC 13-733 is a commercial zero-turn rider.

### 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 April 2013.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** iRobot’s 23 April 2013 Q1 release (quarter ended 30 March) states, as a business highlight: “We launched Braava™, our iRobot-branded version of the Mint® robot to select European distributors.” No injury, recall, or docket is attached. No day-of-launch calendar date is given on that page.
3. **[Assessment — High confidence]** CPSC **13-733** (29 April 2013, MTD / Cub Cadet 2011 commercial zero-turn riders; fuel leak / fire; about 2,100 units) is riding equipment and is out of class.

### 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. Braava-to-select-EU-distributors is Mint-path product news and is not numbered. Cub Cadet 13-733 is walk-behind/riding-class adjacent only in the word “mower.”

**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 educational-kit or toy-robot battery / fire / laceration file.
3. Any official iRobot Roomba recall (none found through this cutoff).
4. Any brand-named robotic-mower pediatric case.
5. A dated consumer-home companion SKU or safety action (a hospital or enterprise kiosk is not a home SKU).

> **Collection integrity.** Window = April 2013 only. **Excluded:** iRobot Q1 Braava / Mint distributor launch (23 April page; Q1 event; no harm/trust/recall hook) — [SEC exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916713000009/pressrelease.htm). CPSC 13-733 Cub Cadet commercial ZTR (29 April; riding; fire/fuel). RP-VITA hospital ship language on the same iRobot page is out of class. No CPSC Roomba or robotic-mower numbered page. Forum empty. Thin month left thin.

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