All HRC guidance and standards at a glance from Pilz

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September 20, 2018

The new “HRC – human-robot collaboration with ISO/TS 15066” poster shows you what is important when it comes to safety-related considerations in human-robot applications.

What forms does collaboration take? How can the required performance level (PL) for a given safety function be determined? What must be considered during the validation of human-robot collaboration? With safe human-robot collaboration, a wide variety of technical specifications and standards must be adhered to.

The “HRC – human-robot collaboration with ISO/TS 15066” poster gives you a compact overview of all important HRC guidance and standards. This makes the poster the ideal reference sheet for all safety experts who work in robotics.

For more information and to download the poster on the company’s site, please go to the following link:

https://www.pilz.com/en-CA/company/news/articles/196287

 

 

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