Collaborative & industrial robots · Primary: EN ISO 10218-2
Industrial robot & cell compliance for integrators and OEMs
Robot OEM requirements (ISO 10218-1) and system integration (ISO 10218-2): fencing, interlocks, ESPE, reduced-speed modes, and cell-level validation.
Built for: Robot cell integrators, welding/palletising/machine-tending builders, and end users
EN ISO 10218-2What this category actually demands
An industrial cell is assessed as a system under ISO 10218-2: fencing and interlocks, ESPE positioning, reduced-speed teaching, restart logic, fixtures, and the parts and tools inside. The robot OEM’s certificate covers the arm. Everything your customer’s auditor walks around belongs to the integrator.
We design the safeguarding concept with your layout — entry points, muting for material flow, safe teaching inside the fence — then validate safety functions to ISO 13849-1 so commissioning ends with evidence, not a punch list.
Reality check
Where Industrial Robots & Robot Cells programs stall
Teaching mode treated casually
Reduced speed (T1), enabling device, and who may teach — designed and trained, or it becomes the incident report.
Material flow punches holes in guarding
Conveyor openings and pallet entry need muting/blanking designed to standard, not a scanner “turned down” at startup.
Restart logic surprises operators
Automatic restart after gate closure is a classic finding. Deliberate, visible restart is designed in from the start.
Safety architecture — Industrial Robots & Robot Cells
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.
Perimeter & interlocked access
Guards to ISO 14120, interlocks to ISO 14119, safety distances to ISO 13857.
ESPE & muting
Light curtains/scanners positioned per ISO 13855 with justified material-flow muting.
Reduced-speed teaching
Enabling device + SLS inside the cell, with mode selection that cannot be confused.
Deliberate restart
Reset outside the hazard zone with full visibility of the cell interior.
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
- Cell boundary & operating-mode definition
- Safeguarding design review (guards, ESPE, interlocks)
- Safety-function PL/SIL allocation & validation
- Teaching / maintenance safe-work inputs
- Integrator technical file & DoC
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.
| EN ISO 10218-1 | Robot manufacturer safety requirements |
| EN ISO 10218-2 | Robot systems & integration |
| EN ISO 13857 / 13855 | Safety distances & safeguard positioning |
| EN ISO 14119 / 14120 | Interlocks & guards |
| ANSI/RIA R15.06 | North American industrial robot safety |
Questions we hear from Industrial Robots & Robot Cells teams
OEM robot is certified — is our cell done?+
No. ISO 10218-2 integration, cell safeguarding, and the final application risk assessment remain.
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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