What Changed in ANSI/A3 R15.06-2025 and ISO 10218:2025 for Robot Safety
What A3 says changed in ANSI/A3 R15.06-2025 and ISO 10218:2025: robot classes, safety functions, new terms, Part 3 for users, and what the scopes leave out.
Robot Cell Risk Assessment: Task-Based Method Under RIA TR R15.306
How the task-based risk assessment of RIA TR R15.306-2016 works in a robot cell: OSHA's seven steps, risk factors, PL, the hierarchy, and its 2012 basis.
Safety-Rated Zones and Speed: What FANUC DCS Can and Can't Replace
FANUC Dual Check Safety zone and speed checks: their PL d rating, how far a robot travels past a zone, and what still needs guards, LOTO and a risk assessment.
Cobot Power and Force Limiting Under ISO 10218-2:2025 and ISO/TS 15066
How power and force limiting works in collaborative applications: contact types, body-region limits and their sources, testing, SSM, and heavy payloads.