Robotics and autonomous systems

The purpose of this protocol is to validate the safety skill “limit interaction energy” by measurement. Its scope is limited to mobile robot arms that used in Logistics and Manufacturing applications. In this context, the skill “limit interaction energy” is often used to protect workers from injuries caused by collisions where the mobile robot arm traps a part of the human body against a fixed obstacle. The validation of this protocol requires that the reader has a bio-fidel force and pressure measurement device available.

The purpose of this protocol is to test the skill “dynamic stability” of mobile platforms by measurement. Its scope is limited to mobile platforms used in industrial indoor applications. In this context, the objective is to protect workers from injuries caused by collisions where the mobile platform tilts. The validation of this protocol requires that the reader has access to an inclinometer.

The purpose of this protocol is to validate the skill “limit range of motion” for industrial mobile robots and their payload. In this context, the skill limit range of motion is used to avoid the mobile robot and its payload to go through a forbidden space location. The validation protocol is aimed to check whether the footprint of the system is correctly set or not.

These requirements cover battery-operated mobile platforms with or without a payload. These devices are intended to be used indoors only or as outdoor use devices in a commercial or industrial environment.The deviceis battery powered using either lead acid batteries or lithium based batteries that,if rechargeable, are charged through a conductive system

This Standard defines the safety requirements relating to the elements of design, operation, and maintenance of powered, not mechanically restrained, unmanned automatic guided industrial vehicles and the system of which the vehicles are a part. It also applies to vehicles originally designed to operate exclusively in a manned mode but which are subsequently modified to operate in an unmanned, automatic mode, or in a semiautomatic, manual, or maintenance mode

Specifies safety requirements for industrial mobile robots (IMRs). It describes basic hazards associated with IMRs in an industrial environment (See Clause 3.12), and provides requirements to eliminate or adequately reduce, the risks associated with these hazards.

This part of [the standard] 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.

Establish standards and guidelines that provide safe and reliable application of Mobile Unmanned Systems (MUS) for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), ground/crawlers and submersibles to inspect, monitor, and maintain industrial facilities and power plants as well as equipment, transmission lines, and pipelines.

This practice provides brief introduction to the following list of environmental conditions that can affect performance of the A-UGV: Lighting, External sensor emission, Temperature, Humidity, Electrical Interference, Air quality, Ground Surface, and Boundaries. This practice then breaks down each condition into sub-categories so that the user can document the various aspects associated with the category prior to A-UGV tests defined in ASTM F45 Test Methods

This practice specifies physical characteristics that can be used to describe obstacles utilized within ASTM Committee F45 test methods. The obstacle characteristics specified in this practice are not described with respect to the manner in which they will be sensed or detected by an A-UGV. Rather, the obstacles are described according to their real world characteristics.

The purpose of this test method is to evaluate an automatic, automated, or autonomous-unmanned ground vehicle’s (A-UGV) capability of traversing through a defined space with limited A-UGV clearance. This test method is intended for use by A-UGV manufacturers, installers, and users. This test method defines a set of generic 2D area shapes representative of user applications and for different A-UGV types.

This Technical Report provides guidance in understanding and implementing safety-related control functions (functional safety) as they relate to electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic components and systems for machine tools covered by the B11 series of safety standards.