# 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.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Window | 1–31 December 2007 |
| Collection cutoff | 31 December 2007 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| 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). |
| 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 (2007 name), 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

December is a thin month. No official consumer-robot recall, no named injury, and no companion or educational-kit safety action was located in the window. Ugobe’s Pleo street is a $349 companion without an official safety page. A Honda walk-behind blade-brake file is out of class. Calendar 2007 closes with zero numbered kinematic signals.

### 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 December 2007.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Pleo began shipping 3 December ($349; 38 sensors, 14 motors; nose camera for object / color / edge). That is a companion catalog street. The camera is local perception, not a sold home-patrol stream. No CPSC, Health Canada, or RAPEX page.
3. **[Assessment — High confidence]** CPSC 08-140 (19 December) is Honda walk-behind HRB217HXA / HRX217HXA / HRX217HMA, about 167,000, blade that can keep rotating after the control lever is released. Walk-behind is out of class. LawnBott units were sold through this month; the laceration file is not a 2007 Fact.

### 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. Pleo is launch filler. Honda 08-140 is a walk-behind and is not numbered. No December CPSC, Health Canada, RAPEX, UK, or manufacturer kinematic page in class was located.

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

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## Forward indicators

1. Any CPSC / Health Canada / RAPEX robotic-mower blade, lift-sensor, or foot-access action.
2. Any official iRobot Roomba or Scooba recall (none found through 31 December 2007).
3. A dated ConnectR or Spykee *sale* — camera/mic/Wi-Fi in a dwelling, not a 2007 show page.
4. Any educational-kit or toy-robot battery / fire / laceration file (tin-collectable lead paint stays out of class).
5. Any brand-named robotic-mower pediatric case.

> **Collection integrity.** Window = December 2007 only. **Excluded:** Ugobe Pleo ship, 3 December ([MIT Technology Review, 14 December](https://www.technologyreview.com/2007/12/14/222812/robot-dinosaur-finally-released/) — $349; nose camera for object/color/edge; NiMH pack; no official safety page; not a sold home-patrol stream); CPSC **08-140**, 19 December — Honda walk-behind blade-brake ([cpsc.gov](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2007/american-honda-motor-corp-recalls-lawn-mowers-due-to-laceration-hazard); about 167,000; out of class). **Hard kills:** no invented Roomba CPSC; CPSC **08-256** LawnBott (25 April 2008; sold January 2006–December 2007) is not imported as a 2007 Fact; CPSC **08-246** OKK Interchange Robot Toys (9 April 2008; sold Oct–Dec 2007) is a later lead-paint novelty and is not imported. Year total: **zero** numbered signals. No RAPEX robotic-mower weekly report. Forum empty. Thin month left thin. Year left as filed.

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