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An emergency stop is a manually triggered safety function that brings a robot or machine to a safe halt to avert or limit harm to people…
Human-robot collaboration is the safe sharing of workspace and tasks between people and robots, governed by risk assessment and safety-rated robot functions.
ISO 10218 is the international standard for industrial robot safety, covering robot design in Part 1 and robot systems and cells in Part 2.
ISO/TS 15066 is the technical specification for collaborative robots, setting safety requirements and body-region force and pressure limits for contact.
Risk assessment in robot safety is the structured process of identifying hazards of a robot application, estimating their risk and deciding on safeguards.
A safety controller is a certified robot safety device that monitors speed, position and safety inputs and stops the robot when a limit is violated.