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Kinematic Risk Consumer Bulletin

# Kinematic Risk Consumer Bulletin

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

**Issue type.** Monthly (LC-3). Window = calendar month. Not the weekday 24–48h poll.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection cutoff | 31 October 2020 |
| Window | 1–31 October 2020 |
| Series | KRCB-M-2020-10 |
| Status | short |
| 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). |
| Spine | CPSC, Health Canada, EU Safety Gate, UK OPSS, manufacturer pages, named newsrooms, dockets. |
| Color | Forums annotated only. Never Fact without a reputable primary. |

## Executive read

### BLUF

October is still a carry. The Dexter NiMH pack recalls remain the only official consumer-robot safety files. No October-dated CPSC, Health Canada, OPSS, or Safety Gate consumer-robot action was found. iRobot’s 20 October earnings are volume, not a harm path.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** CPSC 20-115 and Health Canada RA-73227 are still live and still un-updated through 31 October 2020.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** No new official consumer-robot recall, injury record, or owner-warning primary dated October 2020 was located.
3. **[Inference — Moderate confidence]** Premium-robot unit growth in iRobot’s Q3 release enlarges the installed Clean Base base; it is not itself a safety finding.

### 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

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## 01. Carry — Dexter NiMH 20-115 / RA-73227 still live

*Event / publication dates: CPSC 30 April 2020; Health Canada 5 June 2020; both still posted through 31 October 2020*

**Product class.** Educational / programmable kits

**Verified record — [Fact — A1]** Unchanged. About **2,400** US units; four smoke/overheat reports; no injuries. [CPSC 20-115](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Modular-Robotics-Recalls-Rechargeable-Battery-Packs-Due-to-Burn-Hazard). About **102** Canada units; no Canadian incidents or injuries as of 27 May 2020. [Health Canada RA-73227](https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/dexter-industries-rechargeable-battery-packs-recalled-due-burn-hazard). Cubelets remain **out of scope**. **No October update on either page.**

**Threat landscape.** Residual stored packs. Thermal / burn. No injury in the official files.

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

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] Still the only official 2020 consumer-robot-adjacent safety file at cutoff. [Uncertainty] Completion.

**Opportunity.** A November owner notice on a different class (dock electrical) would not close this file.

**LRRK relevance.** Watch: 20-115 / RA-73227.

**Confidence.** High that both remain in force. Low on uptake.

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## Forward indicators

1. Any iRobot dock electrical owner notice (none this month).
2. Dexter completion or close-out.
3. Moxie first customer ship — still no dated first-ship primary found.
4. Any official 2020 floor-vac thermal or electrical file.
5. Official LEGO 51515 street-date page (fan media dated October; official HTML not opened here).

> **Collection integrity.** One carry signal. Five-signal form is not padded. Searched CPSC, Health Canada, OPSS, Safety Gate aggregators, and named newsrooms for October 2020 consumer-robot actions. Nothing new graduated. **Seen and held (not signals):** iRobot Q3 release, 20 October 2020 — revenue $413.1 million (+43%), premium-robot revenue +86%, overall units +36%. [iRobot, 20 October 2020](https://media.irobot.com/2020-10-20-iRobot-Reports-Third-Quarter-2020-Financial-Results). Spring “Moxie ships in September / autumn” copy was not converted into a dated October first-ship Fact. Later Clean Base owner warning is November and is out of window. Forum/Reddit color: none found.

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