Safety of industrial robots
The new ISO safety standards for industrial robots are developed by an international working group (WG 3) consisting of experts from East Asia, North America and Europe. The first part, ISO 10218-1 Robots for industrial environments - Safety requirements - Part 1: Robot, was published in 2006.
The second part for integrators of robots into complete cells or lines, ISO 10218-2, Robots for industrial environments - Safety requirements - Part 2: Robot system and integration, is expected to be published in 2010.
The work is carried out in parallel with The European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Stakeholders from the industrial robot industry intend to replace their regional and national standards with these global robot safety standards.