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KRCB 2016 03

# 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 | 1–31 March 2016 |
| Collection cutoff | 31 March 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

March’s only in-window consumer kinematic signal is a SoftBank channel demo: a limited Omotesando shop where Pepper units greet, take orders, and hand off iPhones. Human staff still do ID and review. No official recall or named injury was located.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** ITmedia (25 March) records the shop opened **24 March 2016** in Omotesando, running through **30 March**. That is a dated consumer-channel event, not a home-injury file.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** No March CPSC, Health Canada, or RAPEX numbered consumer-robot action was found.
3. **[Inference — Moderate confidence]** Putting Pepper on the sales floor does not make the personal SKU a Western home robot; it does show SoftBank treating the humanoid as a staffed product, not a one-off lottery unit.

### 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. SoftBank “Pepper-darake” shop opens in Omotesando

*Event / publication dates: opened 24 March 2016; ITmedia 25 March 2016; manufacturer press 27 January (schedule; opening is the March Fact)*

**Product class.** Social / desk companions; emerging general-purpose or humanoid home robots

**Verified record — [Fact — B1 / A1]** SoftBank and SoftBank Robotics opened a limited “Pepperだらけの携帯ショップ” in Tokyo’s Omotesando on **24 March 2016**, through **30 March**, noon–19:00. Multiple Pepper units split greeting, reception, product talk, and new/MNP iPhone 6s (16 GB) contract flow; a KUKA arm retrieved a bag after a QR ticket. ITmedia: humans still supported contract review, screening, and stocking the shelf — “not an unmanned shop.” The shop also offered SoftBank SELECTION accessories and **Pepper for Biz**. [ITmedia Mobile 25 March](https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/1603/25/news142.html); manufacturer schedule [SoftBank Robotics 27 January](https://www.softbankrobotics.com/jp/news/press/20160127b/) (original 28 March–3 April window was moved).

January’s always-on shop *sale* of the personal model is background, not re-filed. No injury or death count is stated on the opened pages.

**Threat landscape.** A public, camera-bearing humanoid in a retail loop, with a separate industrial arm as a dispenser. Physical harm this month is none. The trust question is identity, contract data, and whether the same SKU in a home keeps a live cloud.

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

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — Hi`è confidence] The shop ran in March as a dated, photographed event. [Inference — Moderate confidence] SoftBank is rehearsing Pepper as staff and as a product in the same room. [Uncertainty] How many personal-model orders the week produced is unpublished.

**Opportunity.** A non-Japanese consumer Pepper SKU or a regulator file on the personal plan.

**LRRK relevance.** Campaign (humanoid as channel). Watch: Pepper personal-model continuity.

**Confidence.** High on the 24–30 March opening as reported by ITmedia. Low on transaction counts.

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## Forward indicators

1. Jibo’s March/April Indiegogo delivery window — still live as of cutoff; not a March miss until a dated notice.
2. Any April official robotic-mower action.
3. CHiP Q3 ship.
4. BUDDY Q4 prepaid units.
5. Any 2016 CPSC consumer-robot recall.

> **Collection integrity.** One signal. **Excluded:** January 28 shop-sale start (already filed); KUKA arm as a consumer SKU (shop dispenser only); Pepper for Biz as the primary class (sold in the shop, not the March Fact). No March CPSC / Health Canada / RAPEX numbered consumer-robot page found. Kuri remains 2017. Forum empty.

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