Collaborative & industrial robots · Primary: ISO/TS 15066 + ISO 10218-2
Cobot application compliance — the cell, not just the arm
ISO 10218 + ISO/TS 15066 collaborative operation validated for your task, workpiece, and operator. A cobot arm alone is never the whole compliance story.
Built for: Cobot application builders, OEMs, and integrators selling “fenceless” cells
ISO/TS 15066 + ISO 10218-2What this category actually demands
Nobody certifies “a cobot”. What gets assessed is your application: the arm, the gripper, the workpiece, the speed, and the human task around it. A polished, force-limited arm carrying a sharp-edged part at speed is not a collaborative application — it is an industrial application missing its fence.
We select the right collaborative mode per task — power & force limiting, hand-guiding, speed & separation monitoring, or safety-rated monitored stop — then validate it with measurements against ISO/TS 15066 biomechanical limits, so your fenceless claim survives a customer audit.
Reality check
Where Cobots & Collaborative Applications programs stall
Force limits quoted from the brochure
ISO/TS 15066 limits are per body region and contact type. Validation means measuring your gripper, your part, your speed — on your application.
Workpiece never hazard-assessed
Edges, points, mass, and ejection risk of the part often dominate the contact risk, not the arm.
One mode forced on every task
Tending, inspection, and hand-over have different contact profiles. Mode per task is cheaper than fencing everything — and safer than pretending.
Safety architecture — Cobots & Collaborative Applications
The safety architecture we build with you
Every function below ends as a claim in your file — with a target performance level, an implementation, and a validation method. If one of these is missing for your product, that is where we start.
Power & force limiting
Speed/mass bounded so transient and quasi-static contacts stay within ISO/TS 15066 limits — measured, not assumed.
Hand-guiding with enabling device
Three-position enabling, reduced speed, and clear grip ergonomics.
Speed & separation monitoring
Scanner/camera zones that scale speed to human distance, with validated minimum separation.
Safety-rated monitored stop
Operator may enter; robot stops and only restarts on a deliberate, safe sequence.
How we help — from first sketch to site acceptance
One path, four gates. You keep design authority; we own the compliance thread through labs, assessors, and customer EHS reviews.
Gate 1
Domain & classification
Where it operates, who is exposed, which laws and type-C standards actually apply — before any test is booked.
Gate 2
Risk & safety architecture
ISO 12100 assessment turned into safety functions with PL/SIL targets your controls team can implement.
Gate 3
Validation
Measurements and tests on the real configuration — payload, speed, workpiece, ground — that close each safety claim.
Gate 4
File & acceptance
Technical file, DoC/DoI, instructions, and the site/customer acceptance pack, with change control that keeps it valid.
What you receive
- Collaborative mode selection per task
- Force / pressure or separation-distance validation plan
- End-effector & workpiece hazard review
- Safety-function verification (STO, SLS, hand-guiding)
- Application DoC and operator training inputs
Standards, in context
These are starting points, not a shopping list. The applicable editions and clauses follow from your classification and markets — EU Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, UK machinery rules, or North American OSHA/ANSI expectations, layered with EMC, electrical, radio, and battery law where your product triggers them.
Go deeper: Cobots & ISO/TS 15066 collaborative safety →
| EN ISO 10218-1 / -2 | Robots and robotic devices — safety |
| ISO/TS 15066 | Collaborative robots — biomechanical limits & application design |
| EN ISO 13849-1 | Safety-related control systems |
| EN ISO 12100 | Risk assessment |
Questions we hear from Cobots & Collaborative Applications teams
Does ISO/TS 15066 certify our cobot?+
No. It supports application design and validation. The integrated application is what gets assessed and declared.
Bring us your project — at any stage
Sketch, prototype, or a customer audit next month. A 30-minute scoping call maps your domain, standards, and evidence gaps.
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