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Standards progression
The increased need for adequate protection of people from the safety risks associated with
industrial robot systems led to the development of an international and European standard
which has two parts:
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EN ISO 10218-1:2011 Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for industrial
robots — Part 1: Robots
. The Standard outlines the scope of Part 1 as follows
–
“This
part of ISO 10218 specifies requirements and guidelines for the inherent safe design,
protective measures and information for use of industrial robots. This part of ISO 10218
specifies requirements and guidelines for the inherent safe design, protective measures
and information for use of industrial robots. It describes basic hazards associated with
robots and provides requirements to eliminate, or adequately reduce, the risks
associated with these hazards. . Requirements for robot systems, integration, and
installation are covered in ISO 10218-2.”
•
EN ISO 10218-2:2011 Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for industrial
robots — Part 2: Robot systems and integration
. The Standard outlines the scope of Part
2 as follows – “This part of ISO 10218 specifies safety requirements for the integration of
industrial robots and industrial robot systems as defined in ISO 10218-1, and industrial
robot cell(s). The integration includes the following:
a) the design, manufacturing, installation, operation, maintenance and
decommissioning of the industrial robot system or cell;
b) necessary information for the design, manufacturing, installation, operation,
maintenance and decommissioning of the industrial robot system or cell;
c) component devices of the industrial robot system or cell.”
In order to ensure that humans are not exposed to unacceptable risks when working
collaboratively the current standards describe four separate measures that can be used to
provide risk reduction. It is required that at least one of these requirements needs to be
fulfilled, in addition to having visual indication that the robot is in collaborative operation.