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LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

# LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

**LRRK Watch / Open-Source Intelligence** — 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Collection cutoff | 31 December 2017 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Window | 1–31 December 2017 |
| 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 (RAPEX), UK Trading Standards / RAPEX lane (OPSS not yet stood up), 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

December closes the year with a mower-standard control and a companion first-ship. IEC 60335-2-107:2017 Ed. 2.0 is published 15 December and adds a standing-child foot-probe test. Mayfield’s Kuri begins FedEx shipments to pre-order customers on 20 December. No official consumer-robot recall and no named mower fatality were located in 2017.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** IEC 60335-2-107:2017 (publication date 15 December 2017) is the year’s only official-ID-grade consumer kinematic control. Catalog text names a **new standing child foot probe test**.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** Kuri met its “holiday 2017” ship sentence, just. TechCrunch 20 December: initial shipments “have gone out via FedEx.”
3. **[Assessment — High confidence]** 2017 produced **no** CPSC, Health Canada, or RAPEX consumer-robot recall ID. iRobot did **not** sell consumer maps.

### 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. IEC 60335-2-107:2017 Ed. 2.0 — standing-child foot probe enters the robotic-mower standard

*Event / publication dates: 15 December 2017 (IEC webstore publication date)*

**Product class.** Robotic lawn mowers

**Verified record — [Fact — A1]** IEC publishes **IEC 60335-2-107:2017**, Edition 2.0, “Household and similar electrical appliances — Safety — Part 2-107: Particular requirements for robotic battery powered electrical lawnmowers,” publication date **2017-12-15**. Scope: robotic battery rotary mowers and peripherals, battery ≤75 V d.c.; charging stations and perimeter-delimiter signal sources; Annex KK for lithium-ion charging. Cancels and replaces the 2012 first edition (technical revision). IEC catalog of “significant technical changes” includes Clause 20, Stability and mechanical hazards: revised manual controller / manual stop / cutting-means stopping time / traction-drive stopping and restart, “as well as a **new standing child foot probe test**.” Also new or revised markings, live-part protection, obstruction-sensing contact surfaces, and charging connectors. Not applicable to machines manufactured before the IEC publication date. Paid full text was not retrieved; clause-level numbers beyond the catalog extract are not quoted. [IEC webstore](https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/29806); [iteh catalog](https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/standards/iec/48f05578-cc31-4eef-a4a7-9df3dc2ffd42/iec-60335-2-107-2017).

No named 2017 pediatric robotic-mower injury or fatality was located. Pertisau is 21 June 2018 and is not imported.

**Injuries/deaths:** none in this file. This is a design-and-test control, not an incident file. Official injury count on the standard page: not stated (not an incident page).

**Threat landscape.** A standing child’s foot versus a battery rotary cutting means. Ed. 2 exists because Ed. 1 (2012) did not contain this probe. EN 50636-2-107:2015 remains the European cousin already in force; this IEC edition is the international twin’s 2017 revision.

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

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] Publication date and the existence of a standing-child foot-probe test are as the IEC catalog writes them. [Inference — Moderate confidence] A dedicated child-foot probe is an admission that a child-shaped obstacle is in the hazard analysis. [Uncertainty] The paid standard text was not opened; test geometry and pass/fail numbers are not quoted.

**Opportunity.** National adoptions, and any 2018 brand-named pediatric case that can be read against this probe. Do not pre-write Pertisau as a 2017 Fact.

**LRRK relevance.** Sense / Move / Act — cutting-means enclosure versus a child-shaped probe. Lab: foot-probe geometry. Watch: IEC 60335-2-107 series.

**Confidence.** High on publication date and on the catalog’s “standing child foot probe test” phrase. Moderate on the exact test. Low on 2017 market uptake.

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## 02. Kuri starts shipping — FedEx, 20 December, holiday target technically met

*Event / publication dates: 20 December 2017 (TechCrunch 12:51 PT)*

**Product class.** Social / desk companions; security / home patrol (camera)

**Verified record — [Fact — B1]** Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch, 20 December 2017: Mayfield Robotics “revealed that its initial shipments have gone out via FedEx,” “technically met its goal of beginning to ship… prior to the end of 2017, if only just.” Kuri: touch sensors; “expressive eyes with a built-in camera and live-streaming capabilities”; speakers; microphones; gestural actuators; obstacle avoidance; multi-room / multi-floor rolling; “automatically capture special moments”; about **$700**. New reservations queued into “sometime next spring.” CES unveil was 3 January. [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/kuri-the-adorable-home-robot-starts-shipping-to-pre-order-customers/).

Mayfield’s 2018 cancellation is out of year and is not filed.

**Injuries/deaths:** none.

**Threat landscape.** The January deposit is now a camera in a house. Support duration is still undisclosed. Physical harm named is none.

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

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] First-ship is dated 20 December 2017 in a named newsroom. [Inference — Moderate confidence] “Next spring” for new reservations is a capacity tell, not a brick. [Uncertainty] How many units actually left FedEx this month is unpublished.

**Opportunity.** A privacy policy or a unit count. Do not pre-write the 2018 pause.

**LRRK relevance.** Campaign (companion camera now in homes). Passport: deposit converted to hardware. Watch: Kuri installed base — 2018 is a later file.

**Confidence.** High on the 20 December ship sentence. Low on volume.

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## Forward indicators

1. 11 January 2018 aibo first ship (Japan) — out of year.
2. Whether Kuri’s spring queue is fulfilled or cancelled (2018).
3. Jibo continuity after the 2017 ship — funeral is 2019, not a 2018 preview as Fact.
4. First 2018 official consumer-robot recall.
5. Any brand-named robotic-mower pediatric case — Pertisau is 21 June 2018 and is not a 2017 event.

> **Collection integrity.** Two signals. Official ID this month: **IEC 60335-2-107:2017 Ed. 2.0** (2017-12-15). No CPSC / Health Canada / RAPEX consumer-robot recall ID in calendar 2017 was located. BBJ / AmericanInno 15 December Jibo-layoff URL exists in indexes but Cloudflare-blocked in this collection; June 2018 “majority of workforce” wrap-ups are out of window — **not numbered**. **Year kills (repeat):** iRobot did **not** sell consumer maps to Amazon/Google/Apple; no named robotic-mower fatality; no invented Roomba CPSC recall; Pertisau (Jun 2018), Vector (Oct 2018), Jibo funeral (Mar 2019), Anki shutdown (Apr 2019) stay out. Honda Miimo US launch and walk-behind CPSC pages stay out of class. Forum empty.


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