scope:

This safety standard applies to the manufacture, remanufacture, rebuild, installation, safeguarding, maintenance, testing and start-up, and training requirements for industrial robots and robot systems.

Purpose

The purpose of this standard is to provide guidelines for industrial robot manufacture, remanufacture and rebuild; robot system installation; and methods of safeguarding to enhance the safety of personnel associated with the use of robots and robot systems. This standard is not intended to provide specific guidelines for the installation or use of other industrial equipment within the robot system.

NOTE - As used in this standard, the words robot or robot system are intended to mean industrial robots or industrial robot systems, as defined in clause 3.