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ROBOTIC AUTOMATION New ISO safety specification helps automation developers design safer robots for close encounters on the factory floor


Photo courtesy Universal Robots


Putting safety first in robotic automation


Patrick Waurzyniak Senior Editor


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ince the start of robotics, safety has ranked as the top priority for robotic automation developers. Besides being the first item in Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Ro- botics, taking the “do no harm”


approach is pretty much mandatory with the speed and strength of today’s industrial robots that are most widely used for heavy lifting on automotive assembly lines and other industrial manufacturing venues. But with the advent of newer collaborative-type robots that have lately come on the scene,


the rules of robotics are being rewritten with new specifications updating how to in- clude these smaller, lower-payload, slower- speed robots that can work side-by-side with workers on assembly lines. The ISO/TS 15066 technical spec was


refreshed with the publication in Febru- ary of the ISO/TS 15066 technical spec that gives robotic automation develop- ers and users new guidelines for design and proper implementation practices for deploying new collaborative robots on the shop floor.


After adding new collaborative-style robots, contract manufacturer Dynamic Group quadrupled its injection molding out- put. Dynamic installed three UR10 robot arms for its injection mold- ing and kitting ap- plications, creating a consistent production cycle and nearly elimi- nating its scrap count.


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