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Kinematic Risk Consumer Bulletin

# Kinematic Risk Consumer 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 December 2016 |
| Collection cutoff | 31 December 2016 |
| Compiled Date | 19 August 2026 |
| 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

December 2016 is a thin month. No official consumer-robot recall, no named injury, no companion-robot first-ship, and no new docket was located in the window. CES 2017 Kuri/Zenbo coverage belongs to January 2017. Jibo’s 2016 miss was filed in November. Cozmo remains a live October SKU without a new December spine.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** A search of CPSC, Health Canada, EU Safety Gate, manufacturer recall pages, and named newsrooms produced no spine-grade consumer kinematic electronics action dated December 2016.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** BUDDY’s “Q4 2016” ship promise expired this month without an opened named-newsroom ship story; absence of a ship article is **not** filed as a numbered brick.
3. **[Inference — Moderate confidence]** Official silence in December is not a finding that yards or nurseries were empty of robotic mowers or Cozmos.

### 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. November’s Jibo no-ship letter, October’s Cozmo ship, and January 2017 Kuri CES unveiling are out of window and are not previewed as Fact.

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

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## Forward indicators

1. Any 2017 Jibo first-ship named-newsroom story.
2. Mayfield Kuri — do not back-date; contemporaneous product announcement is CES 2017.
3. BUDDY actual ship or refund.
4. Any 2017 CPSC consumer-robot recall.
5. First brand-named robotic-mower pediatric case — none located in 2016.

> **Collection integrity.** Window = December 2016 only. **Excluded / killed:** Kuri as a 2016 product announcement; invented CPSC Roomba recall; mower fatality; 2017 Reuters maps; 2018 Pertisau; 2018 Vector; 2019 Anki/Jibo shutdowns; hoverboards; Anki Drive cars; walk-behind mowers. No CPSC / Health Canada / RAPEX numbered consumer-robot page dated December 2016 found. Forum empty. Thin month left thin.

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