The world is changing at a rapid pace and robots are moving from the factory floor into our everyday lives and homes. Far from being novelties, robots offer many potential applications that can substantially improve the quality of life of their intended users. As the robot revolution takes place, we need to ensure they are safe to interact with the general public in sometimes unpredictable environments.
Personal care robots performs actions contributing directly towards improvement in the quality of life of humans, excluding medical applications. There are basically three different types of personal care robots:
The International Standards Organization developed ISO 13482:2014 - Robots and robotic devices – Safety requirements for personal care robots, to address safe design and protective measures for personal care robots.
This standard is harmonized under the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) and is adopted in Japan as JIS B 8445. ISO 13482 identifies potential hazards through performance or risk-based assessments, and defines protective measures that can be developed and applied to reduce these hazards.
In addition to base robotic requirements, the ISO 13482 standard also references electrical requirements found in IEC 60204-1 and IEC 60335-1, EMC requirements, a risk assessment as described in ANSI/ISO 12100, and functional safety requirements found in ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061.
These requirements are also expected to be followed in many other regions around the world.
Typical safety standards for industrial robots assume the end-user has been trained on interacting with the robot and the environment can be tightly controlled. Standards for personal care robots don’t make those same assumptions. Read our whitepaper to learn more about the requirements for ISO 13482 and other personal care robot standards.
The world is changing at a rapid pace and robots are moving from the factory floor into our everyday lives and homes. Far from being novelties, robots offer many potential applications that can substantially improve the quality of life of their intended users. As the robot revolution takes place, we need to ensure they are safe to interact with the general public in sometimes unpredictable environments.
Personal care robots performs actions contributing directly towards improvement in the quality of life of humans, excluding medical applications. There are basically three different types of personal care robots:
The International Standards Organization developed ISO 13482:2014 - Robots and robotic devices – Safety requirements for personal care robots, to address safe design and protective measures for personal care robots.
This standard is harmonized under the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) and is adopted in Japan as JIS B 8445. ISO 13482 identifies potential hazards through performance or risk-based assessments, and defines protective measures that can be developed and applied to reduce these hazards.
In addition to base robotic requirements, the ISO 13482 standard also references electrical requirements found in IEC 60204-1 and IEC 60335-1, EMC requirements, a risk assessment as described in ANSI/ISO 12100, and functional safety requirements found in ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061.
These requirements are also expected to be followed in many other regions around the world.
